Long-term patient follow-up should be routinely implemented in radiotherapy units to detect late adverse effects after cancer treatment

Kirsti Aas; Amir Sherif

doi:10.2340/sju.v58.13470

Long-term patient follow-up should be routinely implemented in radiotherapy units to detect late adverse effects after cancer treatment

Scand J Urol. 2023 Aug 7:58:30-31. doi: 10.2340/sju.v58.13470.

Authors

Kirsti Aas¹, Amir Sherif²

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Urological Surgeon and Associate Professor, Akershus University Hospital, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
² Consultant Urological Surgeon and Associate Professor, Norrlands University Hospital, Sweden; Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, University of Umeå, Sweden. amir.m.sherif@gmail.com.

PMID: 37551085
DOI: 10.2340/sju.v58.13470

Abstract

Editorial comment to Urosymphyseal fistula after pelvic radiotherapy - an entity in patients with significant comorbidity requiring multidisciplinary management Scand J Urol. 2023.

MeSH terms

Fistula* / etiology
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Neoplasms* / etiology
Neoplasms* / radiotherapy
Pelvis
Radiotherapy / adverse effects