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Palliative radiotherapy for superior vena caval obstruction by lung cancer: a major issue about timing and a minor issue about efficacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2012

Federico Ampil ,
Gloria Caldito  and
Carlos Previgliano
Federico Ampil*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, LA, USA
Gloria Caldito
Affiliation:
Department of Biometry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, LA, USA
Carlos Previgliano
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, LA, USA
*
Correspondence to: Federico L. Ampil, MD, Division of Therapeutic Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, LA, USA. E-mail: fampil@lsuhsc.edu
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Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 127 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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