Faecal incontinence: A late side-effect of pelvic radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-477

  Putta, S ^a   Andreyev, H Jervoise Nicholas ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; Late toxicity; Pelvic cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; BULKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN; LOPERAMIDE; OCTREOTIDE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; OXYGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

AGING; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLAY; COLOSTOMY; CREAM; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; EMBASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FECES COMPOSITION; FECES IMPACTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; LAVAGE; LOW FAT DIET; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVE STIMULATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS CANCER; PELVIS FLOOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 22644437274     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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