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4. Radiotherapy Can Achieve Haemostasis in Malignant Bleeding

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Jang, Helena Sung-In

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Haemorrhage, Neoplasia, Soft tissues / Skin, Metastases, Radiation therapy / Oncology, Small bowel, Conventional radiography
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Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion Personal Information References, Purpose: Radiotherapy causes haemostasis in malignant bleeding in many cancers types (1-4). It can also do this in skin cancer. We present two cases where this effect was...

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2012
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5. Radiotherapy Can Cause Haemostasis in Bleeding Skin Malignancies

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Jang, Helena Sung-In, Spillane, Andrew, Boyle, Frances, and Fogarty, Gerald

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Radiotherapy (RT) can cause haemostasis in select cases of malignant bleeding. We present two cases where RT was used to prevent fatal exsanguination from bleeding skin malignancies. Treatment was with radical intent in one case and palliative intent in the other. The dose used in both cases was 20 Gray (Gy) in 5 fractions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of radiation-induced haemostasis in bleeding skin malignancies.

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2012
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