The patient's perspective on radiation for rectal cancer: Initial expectations versus actual experience.

Basil H ChaballoutEric M ChangNarek ShaverdianPercy P LeePhillip J BeronMichael L SteinbergAnn C Raldow

Published in: Cancer medicine (2023)

The majority of patients indicated short- and long-term side effects of RT for rectal cancer to be better than initial expectations. In the context of trimodality therapy, patients reported RT to be the least difficult of the treatments.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
replacement therapy