ArticleAdvances in radiation oncology
Rapid and Durable Symptom Palliation With Quad Shot Radiation Therapy to Nonosseous Metastatic/Recurrent Cancer in Elderly or Frail Patients in a Rural Community Clinic.
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- Local control of locally advanced uterine sarcoma achieved by cervical brachytherapy with gel spacer following cyclic hypofractionated radiation therapy (QUAD shot) in a patient who refused surgery.BJR case reports · 2026Article
- QUAD SHOT radiotherapy for palliation in advanced cancer: current status and future directions.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Adaptive Repeat Quad Shot Radiation Therapy for Uncontrolled Symptomatic Fungating or Skin-Infiltrating Primary and Regional Nodes in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Durable In-Field Tumor Control Without Interrupting Systemic Therapy.Advances in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Palliative expeditiously adaptive quad shot radiotherapy for head and neck cancers (PEAQ-RT).Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Practice Patterns of Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancer at a Large Institute in Saudi Arabia.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
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- Symptom palliation with QUAD Shot radiation therapy to penile metastasis derived from descending colon cancer: a case report.International cancer conference journal · 2023Article
- No Oncology Patient Left Behind: Challenges and Solutions in Rural Radiation Oncology.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Review
- Breast-Directed Quad Shot Radiation Therapy for Effective Breast Symptoms Palliation Without Interrupting or Delaying Systemic Cancer Therapy Schedule in Patients With Neglected Breast Cancer.Advances in radiation oncologyArticle
- In Reply to Wada et al.Advances in radiation oncologyArticle
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Abstract
More than half of patients with cancer receiving radiation therapy (RT) are treated in a palliative setting. Elderly or frail patients with metastatic/recurrent cancer require palliative RT that can provide a rapid cancer-related symptom response with low toxicity and short overall treatment time. Cyclical hypofractionated RT (quad shot: 14-14.8 Gy/4 fractions, twice-daily treatments with 6-hour intervals on 2 consecutive days monthly to a total of 42-44.4 Gy) can be a practical palliative RT regimen for patients with poor performance status. In this report, we present palliative symptom response and objective tumor response after quad shot for elderly or frail patients with nonosseous metastatic/recurrent cancers in various sites with varying histology.
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