“What is the purpose of palliative radiation therapy?”
My friend will have palliative radiation therapy. What is the purpose of palliative radiation therapy?
3 Answers
The purpose of treatment are relieve pain, stop bleeding, relieve bronchial obstruction, prevent pathologic fracture or prevent cord compression or stop brain metastasis causing more damage.
Dear Friend of Cancer Patient,
Palliative radiation is a radiotherapeutic approach that is often employed when cure is not clinically attainable or medically feasible; but the cancer site in question remains treatable with conservative outcomes.The spectrum of the goal and outcome of palliative radiation is dictated by the primary diagnosis, and the site of disease (primary or metastatic) requiring palliation.
Palliative radiotherapy is recommended in several clinical scenarios, including but not limited to, alleviating intractable cancer-induced pain, hemostasis (to halt bleeding caused by the tumor), and relieving tumor obstruction of critical structures such as the lung and esophagus.Palliative radiation is also prescribed to gain local control by decreasing the size of tumor encroaching on critical structures in the CNS (central nervous system) such as the spinal cord and/or brain; to halt further neurological compromise.
I hope this response has been helpful and informative.Sincerely,Dr. EB
Palliative radiation is a radiotherapeutic approach that is often employed when cure is not clinically attainable or medically feasible; but the cancer site in question remains treatable with conservative outcomes.The spectrum of the goal and outcome of palliative radiation is dictated by the primary diagnosis, and the site of disease (primary or metastatic) requiring palliation.
Palliative radiotherapy is recommended in several clinical scenarios, including but not limited to, alleviating intractable cancer-induced pain, hemostasis (to halt bleeding caused by the tumor), and relieving tumor obstruction of critical structures such as the lung and esophagus.Palliative radiation is also prescribed to gain local control by decreasing the size of tumor encroaching on critical structures in the CNS (central nervous system) such as the spinal cord and/or brain; to halt further neurological compromise.
I hope this response has been helpful and informative.Sincerely,Dr. EB
The purpose is to relieve symptoms or avoid cancer related complications such as a fracture.
