title: [Home therapy for patients treated with radiotherapy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiology, Isesaki Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiojima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsuhashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: 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