Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Rectal Carcinoma Can Reduce Treatment Breaks and Emergency Department Visits

Purpose. To compare the acute toxicities of IMRT to 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) in the treatment of rectal cancer. Methods and Materials. Eighty-six patients with rectal cancer preoperatively treated with IMRT (n = 30) and 3DCRT (n = 56) were retrospectively reviewed. Rates of acute toxic...

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Autores principales: Jabbour, Salma K., Patel, Shyamal, Herman, Joseph M., Wild, Aaron, Nagda, Suneel N., Altoos, Taghrid, Tunceroglu, Ahmet, Azad, Nilofer, Gearheart, Susan, Moss, Rebecca A., Poplin, Elizabeth, Levinson, Lydia L., Chandra, Ravi A., Moore, Dirk F., Chen, Chunxia, Haffty, Bruce G., Tuli, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22934164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/891067

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