Radiation treatment of liver metastases.
19 patients with cancer of the liver treated with palliative irradiation are presented. In five of eleven cases jaundice disappeared (4) or diminished (1). In two of the eight patients with pain as the chief symptom pain disappeared, and in one case the enlarged liver diminished considerably. A total of eight of 19 cases responded to radiation treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010146:Pain; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage