Acute toxicity and patient-reported outcomes in anal canal cancer: results of a pilot study.

Elizabeth Brown Emma Le CornuThanh BuiAnne BernardTao MaiJennifer Harvey

Published in: Journal of medical radiation sciences (2022)

After reaching their maximum severity at the end of treatment, the majority of toxicity and PRO items approached baseline levels by 3-month post-treatment. The results of this study suggest that PROs are an important complementary tool to CTCAE and provide greater understanding of patients' perception of treatment side effects.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
oxidative stress
ejection fraction
squamous cell carcinoma
end stage renal disease
liver failure
intensive care unit
prognostic factors
young adults
hepatitis b virus
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation