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SUBMITTER: Lawrie TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6491191 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lawrie Theresa A TA Green John T JT Beresford Mark M Wedlake Linda L Burden Sorrel S Davidson Susan E SE Lal Simon S Henson Caroline C CC Andreyev H Jervoise N HJN
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180123
<h4>Background</h4>An increasing number of people survive cancer but a significant proportion have gastrointestinal side effects as a result of radiotherapy (RT), which impairs their quality of life (QoL).<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine which prophylactic interventions reduce the incidence, severity or both of adverse gastrointestinal effects among adults receiving radiotherapy to treat primary pelvic cancers.<h4>Search methods</h4>We conducted searches of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and Embase in Septemb ...[more]