Radiation-Induced Bowel Injury (RIBI) : exploring potential predictive and prognostic factors and strategies to improve the management of women treated with pelvic radiation for cervical and endometrial cancers : cancer survivorship : improving quality of life after treatment for gynaecological cancers

Introduction: The true incidence of radiation toxicity to the bowel remains unknown; in the UK, it has been reported that about 90% of patients who receive pelvic radiotherapy will have some change in their bowel function, and in up to 50% this affects their quality of life significantly (Andreyev,...

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Main Author: Kuku, S. Y.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674661