title: Palliative treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease with radiotherapy: a Rare Cancer Network study.
abstract: A retrospective study of the use of palliative external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in nine patients with Erdheim-Chester disease was conducted through the Rare Cancer Network. Patients received EBRT for bone pain, brain infiltration, or retro-orbital involvement. EBRT typically provided short-term palliation, with later recurrence of symptoms in most cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villà
authors.forename: Serra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pasquier
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poortmans
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Micke
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Call
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D031249:Erdheim-Chester Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies