Prophylactic vesical instillations with 0.2% chondroitin sulfate may reduce symptoms of acute radiation cystitis in patients undergoing radiotherapy for gynecological malignancies

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We studied the feasibility and efficacy of intravesical instillations with 40 ml chondroitin sulfate 0.2% solution to prevent or reduce acute radiation cystitis in women undergoing pelvic radiotherapy. METHODS: In a comparative pilot study in 20 patients, half of the pat...

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Autores principales: Hazewinkel, Menke H., Stalpers, Lukas J. A., Dijkgraaf, Marcel G., Roovers, Jan-Paul W. R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21365332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1357-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21365332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1357-0

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