Radiation therapy technique successfully treats pain in patients with advanced cancer
November 3rd, 2009 Posted in radiation therapyResearchers from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have found that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), a radiation therapy procedure pioneered at the UPCI that precisely delivers a large dose of radiation to tumors, effectively controls pain in patients with cancer that has spread to the spine.
According to researchers, conventional radiation therapy is not always effective in alleviating bone pain resulting from spread of cancer to the spine. In patients who have previously received radiation, few options for effective treatment exist
The results of the research will be presented this week during the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Chicago.