Genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity among patients with localized prostate cancer treated with conventional versus moderately hypofractionated radiation therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ícaro Thiago de CarvalhoWilly BaccagliniOliver R ClarosFelipe K ChenPaulo P KayanoGustavo C LemosEduardo WeltmanDeborah A KubanArie CarneiroPublished in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2018)
In meta-analysis of the available randomized trials on moderate HRT versus CRT for prostate cancer, acute and late GU toxicity were similar for both treatment schemes. While HRT was associated with higher acute GI toxicity, late toxicity was similar.
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- radiation therapy
- oxidative stress
- liver failure
- radical prostatectomy
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- oxide nanoparticles
- heart failure
- high intensity
- intensive care unit
- small cell lung cancer
- radiation induced
- locally advanced
- combination therapy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- smoking cessation