Radiation Oncology

Supportive Care   

Questions discussed in this category



Are there any recent publications or resources regarding which immunotherapy agents are contra-indicated with the use of RT or that outline interactio...

There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

How do you counsel patients and caregivers? Do you prescribe medications (''appetite stimulants'') with the goal to improve appetite even if they do n...

How does this strategy change depending on the acuity or chronicity of the symptoms?

After the randomized Phase IIb showed decreased mucositis, are you incorporating this agent?  Please share your regimen and any tips. 

If a patient has a large femoral metastasis that cannot be resected, but is to be stabilized with ORIF which will push tumor into the distal end of th...

What non-pharmacological interventions do you recommend? Do you routinely prescribe prophylactic laxatives to patients initiating opioids? How do you ...

After optimizing symptoms and reversible factors, and attempting cognitive-behavioral interventions and exercise, do you recommend pharmacologic agent...

Obviously, patient and caregiver preferences are paramount. But, what factors do you consider? Does expanded hospice (e.g., Medicare Care Choices) inf...

Is there specific workup you perform? Are there preventive measures? Once established, are there non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments yo...

i.e. doxorubicin, ifosfamide + RT. Do you worry about decreased locoregional control or increased toxicities with the use of G-CSF in combination with...

We often counsel patients that they shouldn't take very high doses of antioxidants but taking a daily multivitamin with antioxidants is OK. Do you thi...


Papers discussed in this category


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J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 2008-09-17

BMJ, 2010-07-29

Arch. Ophthalmol., 2001-10-01

Chest, 2017-06

Annals of internal medicine, 2013-12-17

Oncology, 2013-01-01

PLoS ONE, 2015-01-01

Clinical breast cancer, 2018-02

Breast,

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013-09-01

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2013-08-21

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2010-02

The New England journal of medicine, 2016-07-14

Practical radiation oncology, 2021 Sep-Oct

Palliative medicine, 2022 Mar 31

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Mar 28

EMBO Mol Med, 2020 Apr 29

J Oncol, 2020 Jun 24

Practical radiation oncology, 2015

Journal of palliative medicine, 2012-11

Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2016-03

J. Neurol. Sci., 2008-12-15

J Clin Oncol, 2003 Jul 01

Int J Radiat Biol, 2018 Apr 27

Aesthet Surg J, 2010 May-Jun

Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg, 2018 Sep 16

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05

N Engl J Med, 2017 Nov 16

Lancet Respir Med, 2020 Oct 20

Clinical lung cancer, 2021 Jul 19

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Nov 21

JAMA oncology, 2023 Nov 01