Endoscopic scoring of late rectal mucosal damage after conformal radiotherapy for prostatic carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-19

  Wachter, Stefan ^a   Gerstner, Natascha ^a   Goldner, Gregor ^a   Pötzi, Regina ^a   Wambersie, Andre ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Endoscopy; Late radiation morbidity; Prostate cancer; Rectal mucosal damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM INJURY; RECTUM MUCOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; TELANGIECTASIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTITIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELANGIECTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033971404     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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