Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Pattern of palliative radiotherapy delivered using Telecobalt machine for different malignant sites.

Waghmare Chaitali M, Dwiwedi Shreya, Jain Vandana S

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Background : Majority of patients with advanced or metastatic cancer need palliative radiotherapy (PRT) for symptoms palliation. The purpose of this study was to assess pattern of PRT delivered using Telecobalt machine.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Material and method:&nbsp; This was a retrospective analytical study of patients receiving PRT on Telecobalt machine from 1^st July 2015 to 31^st July 2016. All patient and treatment related details were filled in a preformed patient record form and analyzed. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result:&nbsp; The study cohort was comprised of 61 patients. The median age was 56.11 years and male to female sex ratio was 1:1.4. Head and neck cancer was the most common primary site receiving locoregional PRT. Among the metastatic sites; bone metastasis was most commonly treated (72.72%). All patients tolerated treatment well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion : RT is time efficient, well tolerated and can be widely used treatment modality for palliation of both the primary and &nbsp;metastatic malignant lesion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>