Masahiro Ohtani, Hiroyuki Suto, Takuto Nosaka, Yasushi Saito, Yoshihiko Ozaki, Ryoko Hayama, Tatsushi Naito, Kazuto Takahashi, Kazuya Ofuji, Hidetaka Matsuda, Katsushi Hiramatsu, Tomoyuki Nemoto, Hiroki Shioura, Hirohiko Kimura, Yoshitaka Aoki, Osamu Yokoyama, Yasunari Nakamoto
Background. Chronic radiation proctopathy (CRP) is late toxicity and associated with morbidity. Aim. To investigate the predictors of prognosis in patients with CRP after brachytherapy (BT). Methods. One hundred four patients with prostate cancer were treated with BT or BT followed by external-beam radiotherapy (BT + EBRT). We retrospectively investigated the 5-year incidence of rectal bleeding and endoscopic findings of CRP using the Vienna Rectoscopy Score (VRS). Twenty patients with VRS ≥ 1 were divided into the improved VRS group without treatment, unchanged VRS group, and treated group...
2016: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy