徳島大学 教育・研究者情報データベース(EDB)

1. 生島 仁史([徳島大学.大学院医歯薬学研究部.保健学域.保健科学部門.放射線科学系.放射線治療学])

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2. (日) 西谷 弘 / (読) にしたに ひろむ

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(日) 緩和ケアにおける放射線治療の役割

(日) Radiation therapy is a valuable treatment for palliation of local symptoms with consistentlyhigh response rates in the relief and control of bone pain, neurological symptom, obstructivesymptoms, and tumor hemorrhage. Over than 80% of patients who developed bone metastasisand superior vena cava syndrome obtained symptom relief by radiation therapy. Radiation therapyis also well established as an effective treatment for brain metastasis, improving symptoms andpreventing progressive neurological deficits, and recently stereotactic irradiation had became aalternative treatment of surgery for small metastatic brain tumors. Both radiation therapy andsurgery are effective in the initial treatment of malignant spinal cord compression syndrome, andno advantages of surgery over radiation therapy has been demonstrated in published series whenpatients have a previously conformed diagnosis of malignant disease and no evidence of vertebralcollapse. The outcome of treatment depends primarily upon the speed of diagnosis and neurologicalstatus at initiation of treatment. It is very important to start radiation therapy before patientbecome non-ambulant. Low irradiation dose and short treatment period of palliative radiationtherapy can minimize disruption and acute morbidity for the patients with advanced cancer withenabling control of symptoms and palliative radiation therapy is applicable to the patient even inpoor general condition.

1. 放射線治療(radiation therapy)
2. (英) palliative care
3. 癌(cancer)