The management of radiation proctitis is challenging as guidelines are not currently available, and studies of the various treatment modalities are limited. There are various medical, endoscopic, and surgical measures for treating chronic radiation proctitis. Medical options such as anti-inflammatory ...
Management of Radiation Proctitis Article 12 June 2018 Medical Management of Radiation Effects on the Intestines Chapter © 2015 Rectal cancer eradication by proton beam therapy complicated by radiation proctitis: a case report Article 15 June 2022 Abbreviations 3D-CRT: 3-dimensional conformal te...
whether mesenchymal stem cells promote tumor growth is still an issue of debate. On this basis, we will discuss the advances in anticancer therapy by using mesenchymal stem cells in this review after analyzing the pathogenesis of radiation enteropathy, introducing the ...
Eight patients were treated surgically; six were treated conservatively by laser therapy or application of formalin to the affected mucosa. The indications for surgery were rectovaginal fistula (four), rectal stricture (one), radiation proctitis (eight), and small bowel obstruction (one). Seven ...
Is argon plasma coagulation (APC) effective in the management of chronic radiation proctitis?Linkagehelicitymagnetohydrodynamicssolar magnetismJ Urol. 1990 Dec;144(6):1481. Comment; Letterdoi:10.1016/j.rpor.2013.03.494Hortelano, E.Ortiz de Zárate, R....
Chronic radiation proctitis (CRP) as side effect of radiotherapy poses a challenge in clinical management, necessitating effective and standardized therapeutic approaches. This review addresses the dynamic progress of endoscopic interventions, specifically argon plasma coagulation (APC) and formalin application...
A case of haemorrhagic radiation proctitis: successful treatment with argon plasma coagulation Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been used extensively for a wide range of indications in gastrointestinal endoscopy. We describe a case of haemorrhagic ... H Isomoto,H Hazama,S Shikuwa,... - 《Europ...
Objectives: During intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer, the target, bladder, and rectum positions should be kept constant to reduce adverse events, such as radiation proctitis, and to increase local tumor control. For this purpose, decreasing the rectal contents as much...
This may be helpful therapy in the patient who has incontinence of soft stool or liquid stool. In patients with diarrhea due to noninfectious etiologies or with reduced rectal compliance due to radiation proctitis or inflammatory bowel disease, agents that slow the motility of the gut may be ...
16,17 For example, the differentiation between stage I and stage IIB disease is of special significance because patients with parametrial spread are treated with primary radiation therapy, whereas those with lesser stages may be treated with either a radical hysterectomy or rad...