Akimoto, Tetsuo

Rectal bleeding after high-dose-rate brachytherapy combined with hypofractionated external-beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: impact of rectal dose in high-dose-rate brachytherapy on occurrence of grade 2 or worse rectal bleeding. [electronic resource] - International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Jun 2006 - 364-70 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0360-3016

10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.017 doi


Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Brachytherapy--adverse effects
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage--etiology
Humans
Iridium Radioisotopes--therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Prostatic Neoplasms--radiotherapy
Radiation Injuries--complications
Rectal Diseases--etiology
Rectum--radiation effects