Increasing the risk of late rectal bleeding after high-dose radiotherapy for prostate cancer: The case of previous abdominal surgery. Results from a prospective trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-255

  Valdagni, Riccardo ^a   Vavassori, Vittorio ^b,h   Rancati, Tiziana ^a   Fellin, Gianni ^c   Baccolini, Micaela ^d   Bianchi, Carla ^b   Cagna, Emanuela ^e   Gabriele, Pietro ^f   Mauro, Floranna ^d   Menegotti, Loris ^c   Monti, Angelo Filippo ^e   Stasi, Michele ^f,i   Fiorino, Claudio ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; Prostate radiotherapy; Rectal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860436090     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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