Cancer overview
What patients and families should understand
Palliative radiation can reduce pain, bleeding, pressure symptoms, spinal cord compression risk, brain symptoms, airway obstruction, or other cancer-related distress. It is often short-course, practical, and coordinated with medicines and systemic treatment.
Dr. Ankita Patel's approach
How Ankita Patel handles it
Dr. Ankita Patel helps families understand what radiation can realistically improve, how quickly benefit may appear, and how treatment can be kept proportional to the patient's strength and priorities. She focuses on symptom relief without overburdening patients with unnecessary visits.
Care priorities
What the consultation focuses on
Bone pain, spine metastasis, brain metastasis, bleeding, airway pressure, and soft-tissue mass symptom relief.
Short-course schedules where appropriate to reduce travel and treatment burden.
Family-centred counselling around goals of care, side effects, and when urgent care is needed.