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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of solid tumor by at least one criterion below: a. Pathologically or cytologically proven solid tumor greater than 5 cm (largest dimension) from a primary site or site of metastasis and unsuitable for surgical resection or definitive RT. b. HCC diagnosed by standard imaging criteria permitted: arterial enhancement and delayed washout on multiphasic computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the setting of cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B or C without cirrhosis * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Status: 0-4 within 14 days of randomization * In the investigator's opinion, patient requires palliative radiation therapy to a lesion \>5 cm measured in one of the following ways: * Imaging performed within 90 days prior to randomization per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) * CT simulation performed for radiation planning * Able to understand and provide written consent * Willing and have the ability to complete the baseline and post-treatment questionnaires (short form brief-pain inventory) and to maintain a pain diary * Patient is not pregnant, planning on becoming pregnant or planning on fathering a child in the next 90 days * Patient must be accessible for treatment and follow-up. Investigators must ensure the patients randomized on this trial will be available for complete documentation of the treatment, adverse events, and follow-up Exclusion Criteria: * Prior radiotherapy that would result in substantial overlap of the irradiated volume thus precluding per protocol treatment * Requirement for urgent surgical intervention prior to radiation treatment * Confirmed pregnancy * Hematologic primary malignancy * Medical condition precluding the delivery of per protocol treatment (e.g. connective tissue disorder) * Tumors overlying critical CNS, heart or spinal cord compression