Palliative pelvic radiotherapy of symptomatic incurable rectal cancer-a systematic review

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Cameron, Marte Gronlie ^a   Kersten, Christian ^a   Vistad, Ingvild ^a   Fosså, Sophie ^b   Guren, Marianne Gronlie ^b  

^a Center for Cancer Treatment   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABSCESS; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DYSURIA; EDEMA; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; INOPERABLE CANCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINEAL PAIN; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOID; SKIN TOXICITY; TENESMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892145397     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.837582     Document Type: Review

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