Dose-volume analysis of predictors for chronic gastrointestinal complications in patients with cervical cancer treated with postoperative concurrent chemotherapy and whole-pelvic radiation therapy

In conclusion, the small bowel loops are better predictors of chronic GI complications compared with the bowel bag, and a relatively high-dose volume (e.g. V40) of the small bowel loops is a useful predictor of chronic GI complications.

Source: Journal of Radiation Research - December 2, 2016 Category: Physics Authors: Isohashi, F., Mabuchi, S., Akino, Y., Yoshioka, Y., Seo, Y., Suzuki, O., Tamari, K., Yoshino, K., Sawada, K., Ueda, Y., Kobayashi, E., Sumida, I., Mizuno, H., Okubo, H., Kimura, T., Ogawa, K. Tags: Regular paper Source Type: research