Palliative care physicians and palliative radiotherapy, knowledge and barriers for referring: a cross-sectional study.

Palliative radiotherapy is effective in the management of symptoms resulting from advanced cancer. However, it remains underutilised. In developed countries, many factors have been linked to this phenomenon but data in developing and low income countries, particularly in Latin America, are lacking.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research