Background The expected 30-day mortality rate for patients treated with palliative radiation
is not established. The primary objective of this study is to define the proportion of patients …

Introduction There is an increasing incidence of cancer in older people, but limited data on
radiotherapy uptake, and in particular, radiotherapy utilisation (RTU) rates. The RTU rate for …

Introduction: Financial toxicity has negative implications for patient well-being and health
outcomes. There is a gap in understanding financial toxicity for patients undergoing …

Introduction Anti-osteoclast treatment with denosumab or zoledronate is known to effectively
reduce the need for radiotherapy to bone and other skeletal-related events (SREs) in …

Evidence has shown for over 20 years that patients residing in rural areas face poorer
outcomes for cancer. The inequalities in survival that rural cancer patients face are observed …

Introduction: Prostate cancer is one of the oncological diseases with the highest incidence,
with no probability of cure, for which it is necessary to implement palliative and supportive …

Background and purpose Adoption of single-fraction radiation therapy (SFRT) has not been
universal in the palliative treatment of bone metastases, despite evidence supporting its …

Background: Radiation therapy (RT) is an established palliative treatment for bone
metastases; however, little is known about post-radiation survival and factors which impact it …

Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) makes up about half of all courses delivered in radiotherapy
departments. It is effective in the management of common complications of cancer and is …