High accumulated doses to the inferior rectum are associated with late gastro-intestinal toxicity in a case-control study of prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

Acta Oncol. 2019 Oct;58(10):1543-1546. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1632476. Epub 2019 Jul 31.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Physics, Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark.
² Department of Medical Physics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg , Sweden.
³ Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , USA.
⁴ Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York City , NY , USA.

PMID: 31364905
DOI: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1632476

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Case-Control Studies
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Organs at Risk / diagnostic imaging
Organs at Risk / radiation effects*
Proctitis / epidemiology*
Proctitis / etiology
Proctitis / prevention & control
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Quality of Life
Radiation Injuries / epidemiology*
Radiation Injuries / etiology
Radiation Injuries / prevention & control
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / adverse effects*
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods
Rectum / diagnostic imaging
Rectum / radiation effects*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed