title: Radiotherapy in the symptomatic treatment of the oncological patients.
abstract: This paper presents an overview on the palliative use of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients. The aim of symptomatic treatment is to improve the patient's quality of life through the control of local symptoms, without serious disturbance of the life style. Radiotherapy can control many symptoms like metastasis bone pain hematological disorders and other.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Radiotherapy, University La Sapienza Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montagna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Musio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cellini
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods