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It has been estimated that between 40% and 60% of referrals for radiation treatment fall under the rubric of palliative consults. Furthermore, as systemic therapies improve, patients with metastatic disease can live longer, which effectively increases the denominator of patients…
SUMMARY Surveys indicate that pain is experienced by 30–60% of cancer patients during active therapy and by more than two-thirds of those with advanced disease ( , ). Unrelieved pain is incapacitating and precludes a satisfying quality of life; it…