Identifying radiation-induced survivorship syndromes affecting bowel health in a cohort of gynecological cancer survivors.
BACKGROUND:During radiotherapy unwanted radiation to normal tissue surrounding the tumor triggers survivorship diseases; we lack a nosology for radiation-induced survivorship diseases that decrease bowel health and we do not know which symptoms are related to which diseases. METHODS:Gynecological-ca...
Main Authors: | Gunnar Steineck, Viktor Skokic, Fei Sjöberg, Cecilia Bull, Eleftheria Alevronta, Gail Dunberger, Karin Bergmark, Ulrica Wilderäng, Jung Hun Oh, Joseph O Deasy, Rebecka Jörnsten |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291512?pdf=render |
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