Palliative treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease with radiotherapy: a Rare Cancer Network study

Radiother Oncol. 2006 Sep;80(3):323-6. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.07.034. Epub 2006 Sep 7.

Abstract

A retrospective study of the use of palliative external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in nine patients with Erdheim-Chester disease was conducted through the Rare Cancer Network. Patients received EBRT for bone pain, brain infiltration, or retro-orbital involvement. EBRT typically provided short-term palliation, with later recurrence of symptoms in most cases.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / radiation effects*
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / radiotherapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology
  • Orbital Diseases / radiotherapy*
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pain / radiotherapy*
  • Palliative Care
  • Retrospective Studies