Comparing measures of acute bowel toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with external beam radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1316-1321

  Muanza, Thierry M ^a   Albert, Paul S ^a   Smith, Sharon ^a   Godette, Denise ^a   Crouse, Nancy Sears ^a   Cooley Zgela, Theresa ^a   Sciuto, Linda ^a   Camphausen, Kevin ^a   Coleman, C Norman ^a   Ménard, Cynthia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel toxicity; Endoscopy; Prostate cancer; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BOWEL TOXICITY; ENDORECTAL APPLICATION; EXPANDED PROSTATE CANCER INDEX COMPOSITE (EPIC); EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP (RTOG);

TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTOSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AMIFOSTINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOSCOPY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 22144480041     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.083     Document Type: Article

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