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SUBMITTER: Casares-Magaz O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6619498 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) 20170908 11
<h4>Background</h4>Gastro-intestinal (GI) toxicity after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer reduces patient's quality of life. In this study, we explored associations between spatial rectal dose/volume metrics and patient-reported GI symptoms after RT for localized prostate cancer, and compared these with those of dose-surface/volume histogram (DSH/DVH) metrics.<h4>Material and methods</h4>Dose distributions and six GI symptoms (defecation urgency/emptying difficulties/fecal leakage, ≥Grade 2 ...[more]