Prospective evaluation of acute toxicity and patient reported outcomes in anal cancer and plan optimization.

CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence of PRO scores and weak agreement to CTCAE suggest that PROs are important tools complementary to CTCAE in evaluating patient symptoms during and after CRT. Proton therapy has the potential to lower radiation doses to most organs at risk.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - June 18, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Kronborg C, Serup-Hansen E, Lefevre A, Wilken EE, Petersen JB, Hansen J, Schouboe A, Nyvang L, Spindler KG Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research