title: [Indications for radiotherapy in the superior vena cava syndrome].
abstract: The effect of radiotherapy upon the superior vena cava syndrome is studied. The treatment is never curative and the patients survive between 3 and 13 months, but it is useful in 80 per 100 of the cases to alleviate the edema and dyspnea that are always grave.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000532:radiotherapy*
vernacular_title: Indicaciones de la radioterapia en el síndrome de la vena cava superior.