Palliative radiotherapy fractionation schedules prescribed are dependent on the distance a patient travels to receive treatment.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26522059.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.10.023.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
This study assessed the impact of the distance a patient travelled to the treatment centre on the use of single fraction RT for bone metastases. There was significant variability in the prescription of SFRT by distance at which the patient lives from a cancer centre (p<0.001).
Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
- Dose Fractionation, Radiation
- Health Services Accessibility
- Palliative Care
- Travel