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Significant correlations were established between late rectal morbidity, overall and single endpoints, and dose-volume ( [Formula: see text] , [Formula: see text] ) and dose-point (D) parameters. A [Formula: see text] ⩽65Gy is associated with more minor and less frequent rectal morbidity, whereas a [Formula: see text] ⩾75Gy is associated with more major and more frequent rectal morbidity.

Background: Anxiety and depression are common and treatable risk factors for re-hospitalisation and death in patients with COPD. The degree of lung function impairment does not sufficiently explain anxiety and depression. The BODE index allows a functional classification of COPD beyond FEV 1 . The aim of this cross-sectional study was (1) to test whether the BODE index is superior to the GOLD classification for explaining anxious and depressive symptoms; and (2) to assess which components of the BODE index are associated with these psychological aspects of COPD.

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This study confirms the high risk of informal caregivers of advanced cancer patients to develop psychiatric disorders and suggests a practically feasible approach to identify at risk caregivers to offer support.

COPD patients who remain hypercapnic after acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation may benefit from long-term NIV.