Hydrogel Spacer Rectal Wall Infiltration Associated With Severe Rectal Injury and Related Complications After Dose Intensified Prostate Cancer Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy

The risk of rectal toxicity during and after prostate cancer radiation therapy is common to all treatment regimens. Hydrogel rectal spacers are increasingly being used to mitigate this risk and to facilitate dose-escalation, but also may infiltrate the rectal wall, with unclear clinical implication....

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Autores principales: McLaughlin, Mark F., Folkert, Michael R., Timmerman, Robert D., Hannan, Raquibul, Garant, Aurelie, Hudak, Steven J., Costa, Daniel N., Desai, Neil B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8239444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34195499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100713

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