Top 10 Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Radiation Oncology

Kavita V. Dharmarajan; Shayna E. Rich; Candice A. Johnstone; Lauren M. Hertan; Randy Wei; Lauren E. Colbert; Joshua A. Jones; Arif H. Kamal; Christopher A. Jones

doi:10.1089/jpm.2018.0009

Top 10 Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Radiation Oncology

Kavita V. Dharmarajan, Shayna E. Rich, Candice A. Johnstone, Lauren M. Hertan, Randy Wei, Lauren E. Colbert, Joshua A. Jones, Arif H. Kamal, Christopher A. Jones

Radiation Oncology

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Abstract

As palliative care (PC) moves upstream in the course of advanced illness, it is critical that PC providers have a broad understanding of curative and palliative treatments for serious diseases. Possessing a working knowledge of radiation therapy (RT), one of the three pillars of cancer care, is crucial to PC providers given RT's role in both the curative and palliative settings. This article provides PC providers with a primer on the vocabulary of RT; the team of people involved in the planning of RT; and common indications, benefits, and side effects of treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	383-388
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of palliative medicine
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0009
State	Published - Mar 2018

Keywords

pain management
palliative radiation
radiation oncology
radiation therapy
supportive oncology
symptom management

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General Nursing
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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