[Home therapy for patients treated with radiotherapy].
Twenty seven patients with a malignancy which had been treated by radiotherapy were cared for by a visiting nurse team in the terminal stage. The median survival time after beginning the visits was 3 months.
Takahashi
I
I
Dept. of Radiology, Isesaki Municipal Hospital.
Shiojima
K
K
Mitsuhashi
N
N
Hashimoto
M
M
Tezuka
H
H
Imai
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000451:nursing / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013727:Terminal Care