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: Robert C Miller, Salvador Villà, Serra Kamer, David Pasquier, Philip Poortmans, Oliver Micke, Timothy G Call
• Journal: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (Radiother Oncol) Vol. 80 Issue 3 Pg. 323-6 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 0167-8140 [Print] Ireland
• PMID: 16959346 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Brain (pathology, radiation effects)
• Erdheim-Chester Disease (radiotherapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Orbital Diseases (etiology, radiotherapy)
• Pain (etiology, radiotherapy)
• Palliative Care
• Retrospective Studies