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Are stress-dose steroids indicated in patients with adrenal insufficiency receiving radiation therapy?

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Radiation Oncology · UMass Memorial Medical Group

I am not aware of any direct analysis or study that has addressed this question specifically for patients undergoing radiation treatment, but I can comment on the present indications for perioperative stress-dose glucocorticoids in adrenally insufficient patients, from which certain inferences to Ra...

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