O: Palliative

Radiotherapy is an incredibly useful tool in the palliative setting. Radiotherapy has the benefit of not requiring anaesthetic and not causing side effects outside of the treated region. Furthermore, radiotherapy doses that can give significant symptomatic relief are lower than those used for curative treatments, allowing avoidance of many early toxicities.

Many of these palliative topics will be discussed in other sections of the site (eg. whole brain radiotherapy in the CNS topic).

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1: Bone Metastases

2: Spinal Cord Compression

3: Brain Metastases

4: Haemoptysis

• Diagnosis
• Management

5: Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

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• Radiation Oncology
  • A: Breast
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  • C: Head And Neck
  • D: Skin
  • E: Male Reproductive System
  • F: Female Reproductive System
  • G: Urinary Tract
  • H: Gastrointestinal Tract
  • I: Central Nervous System
  • J: Haematology
  • K: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours
  • L: Paediatrics
  • M: Endocrine
  • N: Metastatic Disease
  • O: Palliative
  • P: Non Malignant Disease
  • R: Special Techniques