Guest Editor: Dr. Yufeng Zhou, PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Physical technologies have already been used widely in the current medicine, in palliative care as well. In this special issue for Annals of Palliative Medicine, we include some physical methods in palliation: radiotherapy for metastases patients, photodynamic therapy, stent placement, radiofrequency ablation. Advances of them have provided new insights into and application in medicine, leading to better palliative outcome. Physical mechanism, technical improvement, clinical experience, and guide to practice may widen the acceptance of physical palliation by both patients and physician. The topics included and contributors of the issue are as follows.
Preface (Guest editor)
Yufeng Zhou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases patients
Stephen Lutz and Candice Johnstone, Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center, USA
Radiotherapy for liver metastases
Andre Konski, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
Single versus fractionated thoracic radiation in the palliation of lung cancer
C Suzanne Drodge, Sunita Ghosh, and Alysa Fairchild, Cross Cancer Institute, Canada
Photodynamic therapy as palliation approach for cancer
Thomas Zoepf, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Self-expandable metallic stent placement for palliation in gastric outlet obstruction
Iruru Maetani, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Japan
Advances in Loco-regional Palliation of Unresectable Cholangiocarcinomas
Sanem Guler, Sertac Cimen and Michele Molinari, Victoria General Hospital, Canada
Self-expandable plastic stents and partially covered self-expandable metal stents in the palliation of malignant esophageal dysphagia
Tarun Sabharwal, Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, UK
Editorial on Self-expandable plastic stents and partially covered self-expandable metal stents in the palliation of malignant esophageal dysphagia
Yim Heng Boon, Yim Gastroenterology liver and endoscopy center, Singapore
Radiofrequency ablation for the palliation of pain
Loukas Thanos, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Greece