Palliative treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease with radiotherapy: a Rare Cancer Network study.
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.
Miller
Robert C
RC
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Villà
Salvador
S
Kamer
Serra
S
Pasquier
David
D
Poortmans
Philip
P
Micke
Oliver
O
Call
Timothy G
TG
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