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6956295

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
This paper draws attention to the continuing problem of chronic radiation injury to bowel. Fifty-seven symptomatic patients with this disorder were studied, 31 with predominantly small bowel injury and 26 with colonic disease. The mean latent interval following irradiation was 4.7 years. Small bowel disease presented initially as intestinal obstruction (19 cases) or malabsorption (11 cases) and the radiation related mortality in small bowel disease was 32%, while that for colonic disease was 4%. There was a high incidence of prior pelvic surgery and of adjunctive chemotherapy in patients developing small bowel disease. Analysis of the radiotherapy techniques used highlighted that an unsatisfactory distribution of radiation dosage occurred when parallel opposed fields were used particularly where one field only was treated daily. Difficulty in matching external beams with intracavity sources may also have contributed to radiation injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0004-8291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
272-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic radiation injury to the intestine: a clinico-pathological study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article