ArticleBMC palliative care2019
Palliative radiotherapy near the end of life.
Article in BMC palliative care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04658537 (Advanced Techniques for Single-fraction Palliative Radiotherapy Versus Standard Single Fraction Radiation), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers.
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Advanced Techniques for Single-fraction Palliative Radiotherapy Versus Standard Single Fraction Radiation
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical Implementation of Simulation-Free Palliative Radiation Therapy: Consensus Recommendations From a Modified Delphi Study.Advances in radiation oncology · 2026Article
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- A prospective pilot study to evaluate the impact of palliative radiotherapy in upfront inoperable/chemo unfit patients with extrahepatic biliary tract tumors.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2026Article
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- Implications of primary tumor site and fraction size on outcomes of palliative radiation for osseous metastases.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Practice Patterns of Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancer at a Large Institute in Saudi Arabia.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of reasons and risk factors for non-completion of radiotherapy courses in patients with tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Outcomes of patients receiving urgent palliative radiotherapy for advanced lung cancer: an observational study.BMC palliative care · 2024Observational
- Stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with bone metastases: a selected group with low rate of radiation treatment during the last month of life?Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2024Article
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- Palliative radiotherapy and the introduction of a Rapid Access Palliative Clinic in a national radiation oncology network.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Review
- Variation in Access to Palliative Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study in Canada.Cureus · 2024Article
- The use of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes in follow-up after palliative radiotherapy: A survey study in Belgium.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- An Analysis of Clinical and Systemic Factors Associated with Palliative Radiotherapy Delivery and Completion at the End of Life in Alberta, Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Palliative appropriateness criteria: external validation of a new method to evaluate the suitability of palliative radiotherapy fractionation.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2023Article
- Radiotherapy and palliative care outpatient clinic: a new healthcare integrated model in Italy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Observational
- Palliative Appropriateness Criteria: A Pragmatic Method to Evaluate the Suitability of Palliative Radiotherapy Fractionation.Journal of palliative medicine · 2023Article
- DART: diagnostic-CT-enabled planning: a randomized trial in palliative radiation therapy (study protocol).BMC palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA significant proportion of patients with advanced cancer undergo palliative radiotherapy (RT) within their last 30 days of life. This study characterizes palliative RT at our institution and aims to identify patients who may experience limited benefit from RT due to imminent mortality.
methodsFive hundred and-eighteen patients treated with external beam RT to a site of metastatic disease between 2012 and 2016 were included. Mann-Whitney U and chi-squared tests were used to identify factors associated with RT within 30 days of death (D
resultsMedian age at RT was 63 years (IQR 54-71). Median time from RT to death was 74 days (IQR 33-174). One hundred and twenty-five patients (24%) died within 30 days of RT. D
conclusionsTwenty-four percent of patients received palliative RT within 30 days of death. Additional tools are necessary to help physicians identify patients who would benefit from short treatment courses or alternative interventions to maximize quality at the end of life.
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