COMPARISON OF ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION AND FORMALIN INSTILLATION IN THE TREATMENT OF RADIATION INDUCED HAEMORRHAGIC PROCTOCOLITIS
Background: Radiotherapy is routinely used in the treatment of pelvic malignancies and about 2–5% of these patients develop radiation-induced proctitis or proctocolitis. This complication of radiotherapy is treated in different ways. Two of these treatments, argon plasma coagulation (APC) and formal...
Main Authors: | Muhammad Adnan Masood, Hala Mansoor, Muhammad Qayyum Khan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust
2015-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Cancer and Allied Specialties |
Online Access: | http://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/11 |
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