Treatment of radiation proctitis with hyperbaric oxygen

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-94

  Jones, Kurian ^a,c   Evans, A Wayne ^b   Bristow, Robert G ^a   Levin, Wilfred ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Allan Blair Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Hyperbaric oxygen; Proctitis; Radiotherapy; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROCTITIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31344462928     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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