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Single fraction RT as an effective palliative treatment for painful liver cancer
Sep 13, 2024, 14:06

Single fraction RT as an effective palliative treatment for painful liver cancer

David Kirsch, Radiation Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, shared on X:

” Congratulations Laura Dawson, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Radiation Oncology and colleagues across Canada for publishing CCTG HE1 in The Lancet Oncology

establishing single fraction RT as an effective palliative treatment for painful liver cancer.”

Palliative radiotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with painful hepatic cancer (CCTG HE1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study

Authors: Prof Laura A Dawson, Prof Jolie Ringash, Alysa Fairchild, Paul Stos, Kristopher Dennis, Aamer Mahmud, Teri Lynn Stuckless, Francois Vincent, Prof David Roberge, Matthew Follwell, Raimond K W Wong, Derek J Jonker, Prof Jennifer J Knox, Prof Camilla Zimmermann, Philip Wong, Prof Aisling S Barry, Marc Gaudet, Prof Rebecca K S Wong, Thomas G Purdie, Prof Dongsheng Tu, Prof Christopher J O’Callaghan.

Single fraction RT as an effective palliative treatment for painful liver cancer