Post AbbrHi5XZtWNwKFxaK by Shagatron@freeradical.zone
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 (DIR) Post #AbbMkJQXFZdZGyEdqy by Shagatron@freeradical.zone
       2023-11-08T06:20:17Z
       
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       Providing palliative care is the closest I can get to end of life treatment without Losing It™️. I do wonder if there is a speciality out there that is focused on palliative radiation therapy. It is very humbling to play such an important role in the final stage of someone’s life cycle.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbbMkKLbpNI67ywDoW by tek@freeradical.zone
       2023-11-08T16:09:40Z
       
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       @Shagatron What's palliative radiation therapy like? I wouldn't have assumed those words go together.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbbrHi5XZtWNwKFxaK by Shagatron@freeradical.zone
       2023-11-08T21:51:51Z
       
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       @tek For RT, it’s basically a dose or doses of radiation large enough to cause a reduction in swelling / tumor mass to ease pain (Pinched nerves, brain swelling, spinal pinching). The dose has to be relatively large to provide timely relief, which is only doable when we know a patient won’t have enough time to experience the side effects of such a large dose further down the line.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abc9xNqN2HQiUPBKwi by tek@freeradical.zone
       2023-11-09T01:21:06Z
       
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       @Shagatron Wow, I didn't even know that was an option. Thanks for the link! I’ll read that later.