[Articles] Palliative radiotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with painful hepatic cancer (CCTG HE1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study

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The article discusses the findings of a study comparing palliative radiotherapy plus best supportive care to best supportive care alone in patients with painful hepatic cancer. The study concluded that single-fraction radiotherapy combined with best supportive care was more effective in improving pain control and could be considered a standard palliative treatment for these patients.

Single-fraction radiotherapy plus best supportive care improved pain compared with best supportive care alone in patients with liver cancer, and could be considered a standard palliative treatment.

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