Predictors of acute gastrointestinal toxicity during pelvic chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Women and all patients who were treated with 3DCRT had higher rates of grade 2+ diarrhea, and the younger patients had a higher rate of grade 2+ proctitis during PCRT. The use of more stringent dosimetric constraints in higher risk patients is a strategy for minimizing toxicity. PMID: 24312686 [PubMed]
Source: Gastrointestinal Cancer Research - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastrointest Cancer Res Source Type: research