BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Tobacco smoking can cause vascular injury, tissue
hypoxia and fibrosis as can ionizing radiation. However, we do not know if tobacco smoking …

Résumé Introduction Lors d'une radiothérapie prostatique, l'atteinte de plusieurs structures
anatomiques pourrait être à l'origine d'une dysfonction érectile: corps caverneux, artères …

PURPOSE: To supplement previous findings that the absorbed dose of ionizing radiation to
the anal sphincter or lower rectum affects the occurrence of fecal leakage among irradiated …

Background: In the field of radiation oncology, the use of extensive patient reported
outcomes is increasingly common to meas-ure adverse side effects after radiotherapy in …

PURPOSE: To analyze the relationship between mean absorbed dose to the pubic bone
after pelvic radiotherapy for gynecological cancer and occurrence of pubic bone pain among …

Aim The involvement of various penile structures in radiotherapy (RT)-induced sexual
dysfunction among prostate cancer survivors remains unclear and domains beyond erectile …

Background. There is no current consensus regarding the optimal bladder volumes in
definitive radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to clarify the …

Purpose: To compare GI symptoms, measures of generic and disease specific health related
quality of life (HRQoL), anorectal and pudendal nerve function and anal sphincter …

Background and purpose. Uncorrelated motion of targets and large deformations of organs
at risk represent challenges for image-guidance in simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) …

Background: To analyze the relationship between mean radiation dose to the bowels and
the anal-sphincter and occurrence of 'defecation into clothing without forewarning', a specific …