What is the impact of diabetes mellitus on radiation induced acute proctitis after radical radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma prostate? A prospective longitudinal study

Background: Long-term complications of diabetes include cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Diabetic patients with prostate cancer could be at a high risk of radiation-induced acute proctitis following radical radiotherapy. Our aims were to analyse the incidence, severi...

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Main Authors: Abduelmenem Alashkham, Catherine Paterson, Stephen Hubbard, Ghulam Nabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630816300295