Radiation proctitis: A decade's experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Wong, M T C ^a   Lim, J F ^a   Ho, K S ^a   Ooi, B S ^a   Tang, C L ^a   Eu, K W ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Formalin; Per rectal bleeding; Proctitis; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEFECATION HABIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PERITONITIS; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION PROCTITIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM PERFORATION; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; PROCTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953532656     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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