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Reducing rectal injury in men receiving prostate cancer radiation therapy: current perspectives

Dose escalation is now the standard of care for the treatment of prostate cancer with radiation therapy. However, the rectum tends to be the dose-limiting structure when treating prostate cancer, given its close proximity. Early and late toxicities can occur when the rectum receives large doses of r...

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Autores principales: Serrano, Nicholas A, Kalman, Noah S, Anscher, Mitchell S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814898
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S118781