Assessment of rectal toxicities after radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer: experience of the Akanda Cancer Institute in Gabon
Beaud Conrad Mabika Ndjembidouma,
Laurianne Grégoria James,
Phillippe Ondo Meye
et al.
Abstract:Background
The purpose was to evaluate the incidence of acute and late rectal toxicities and their correlation with the clinical and dosimetric parameters of patients who underwent curative radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer at the Akanda Cancer Institute, Gabon.
Materials and methods
Between 2013 and 2021, a cohort of 46 patients with clinically localized stage cT1c–T4 prostate cancer was treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) at th… Show more
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