Seema Devi¹*, Abhishek Kumar² and Raina Rana³

¹Additional Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, IGIMS, Patna, India
²PG 3^rd Year, Department of Radiation Oncology, IGIMS, Patna, India
³PG 2^nd Year, Department of Radiation Oncology, IGIMS, Patna, India

*Corresponding Author: Seema Devi, Additional Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.

Received: August 17, 2023; Published: August 31, 2023

Abstract

Introduction: Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of the Patients and their families facing the problem associated with life threatening illness through the prevention and relief of symptoms by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of Pain and associated problem, physically psychologically and spiritually. Radiotherapy has a role in Palliative to relieve pain and other symptoms. It is a time efficient, well tolerated, successful, cost-effective treatment for oncology palliative care.

Materials and Methods: This study is an Institutional based randomized study conducted at Radiation Oncology Department in State Cancer Institute Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Patna, Bihar.

Result: A total of 293 patients were included in this study. Patients who received radiotherapy at our Institute from Jan 2022 to Jan 2023 were included and analysed, carcinoma lung was commonest in the males and carcinoma breast was the commonest in the females.

Conclusion: In the advance stage of cancer, palliative radiotherapy can provide effective, symptomatic relief with the less side effects.

 Keywords: Palliative Care; Palliative Radiotherapy; Carcinoma

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Citation

Citation: Seema Devi., et al. “Profile of Palliative Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy" Acta Scientific Cancer Biology 7.7 (2023): 28-34.

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