Thirty-day mortality as a metric for palliative radiotherapy in pediatric patients
Emily Keit,
Ronica Nanda,
Peter A.S. Johnstone
Abstract:Purpose of review
Thirty-day mortality (30DM) is an emerging consideration for determining whether terminally ill adult patients may benefit from palliative radiotherapy (RT). However, the efficacy and ethics of delivering palliative RT at the end of life (EOL) in children are seldom discussed and not well-established.
Recent findings
Palliative RT is perhaps underutilized among patients ≤21 years old with rates as low as 11%. While effective when deliv… Show more
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