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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University College London (University of London)
2015
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674661 |