Sodium butyrate enemas in the treatment of acute radiation-induced proctitis in patients with prostate cancer and the impact on late proctitis: A prospective evaluation

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 686-692

  Hille, Andrea ^a   Herrmann, Markus K A ^a   Kertesz, Tereza ^a   Christiansen, Hans ^a   Hermann, Robert M ^a   Pradier, Olivier ^b   Schmidberger, Heinz ^c   Hess, Clemens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute proctitis; Late proctitis; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Sodium butyrate enemas

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; ENEMA; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BUTYRATES; ENEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149159742     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1896-1     Document Type: Article

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