The care of patients with metastatic cancers is a substantial component of care in radiation oncology settings.  Palliative care in radiation oncology has often been a neglected area of clinical research.

The care of patients with metastatic cancers is a substantial component of care in radiation oncology settings. Palliative care in radiation oncology has often been a neglected area of clinical research.

PRO Journal SA-CME activity for July-August, 2018 (Volume 8, Issue 2) summarizes recent evidence-based guidelines on palliation of stage III and IV non-small cell lung cancer.

This session will cover patients with cancer who frequently require palliative radiation treatment as a component of their care.  Radiotherapy is an effective means of reducing patient distress related to painful bone metastases, neurological compromise from spinal cord compression and brain meta

This course will explore management of patients with advanced cancer in the context of a team-based approach to care.  While palliative radiotherapy may at times be less technically complex than other forms of radiotherapy treatments, the accompanying discussions with patients and families is hig