Radiation-before-pathology approach in the palliative oncology setting: a pragmatic clinical trial protocol (RT-NOW)

Radiation-before-pathology approach in the palliative oncology setting: a pragmatic clinical trial protocol (RT-NOW)

Abstract Background Patients with incurable but not-yet-biopsied cancers sometimes require urgent palliative radiation. However, wait-times for biopsy procedures and pathologic results can delay treatment, with significant consequences to patient quality of life and/or the chance of irreversible can...

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Main Authors: Sympascho Young, Melissa O’Neil, Joanna M. Laba, Timothy K. Nguyen, X. Melody Qu, Christopher D. Goodman, Glenn S. Bauman, Andrew Warner, Matthew Cecchini, David A. Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Palliative radiation
Biopsy
Pragmatic trial
Empiric treatment
Medical wait times
Metastatic cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01724-3
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