Part I: Issues in Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology
Chapter 1. General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology
Life Expectancy and Prognostication
Efficacy of Palliative Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Planning and Delivery
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
Guidelines and Quality Measures
Responding With Empathy: NURSE
Conducting a Family Meeting/Goals of Care Discussion
Chapter 3. Prognostication in Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy
Chapter 4. Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Advance Care Planning, and Advance Directives
Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives
Part II: Symptom Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners
Chapter 7. GI Symptoms: Radiation-Induced Adverse Effects
Radiation-Induced Mucositis and Esophagitis
Radiation-Induced Constipation
Radiation-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 8. Management of Dyspnea and Central Airway Obstruction in Patients With Malignancy
Management of Potentially Reversible Etiologies of Dyspnea
Symptom Management for Dyspnea
Palliative Management of Malignant Central Airway Obstruction (CAO)
Goals of Care, Communication, and Assessment
Treatment Options by Site of Hemorrhage
Systemic Therapies and Considerations
Chapter 10. Skin Toxicity in Palliative Radiation Therapy
Acute Skin Toxicities From Radiation
Part III: Disease-Specific Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners
Chapter 11. Palliative Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis
Palliative Radiotherapy Regimens
Evaluation and Management of Common Clinical Concerns
Chapter 12. Palliative Radiotherapy for Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
Chapter 13. Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis
External Beam Radiation Therapy
QOL Improvement and Palliative EBRT
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy/Stereotactic Radiosurgery
External Beam Radiation Therapy Techniques
Radiopharmaceuticals for Diffuse Painful Bone Metastases
Bisphosphonates and Denosumab to Prevent SREs
Bisphosphonates in Combination With EBRT
Chapter 15. Palliative Radiation Oncology for Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies