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Reducing rectal injury in men receiving prostate cancer radiation therapy: current perspectives

Overview of attention for article published in Cancer Management and Research, July 2017
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Title
Reducing rectal injury in men receiving prostate cancer radiation therapy: current perspectives
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Cancer Management and Research, July 2017
DOI 10.2147/cmar.s118781
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Nicholas A Serrano, Noah S Kalman, Mitchell S Anscher

Abstract

Dose escalation is now the standard of care for the treatment of prostate cancer with radiation therapy. However, the rectum tends to be the dose-limiting structure when treating prostate cancer, given its close proximity. Early and late toxicities can occur when the rectum receives large doses of radiation therapy. New technologies allow for prevention of these toxicities. In this review, we examine the evidence that supports various dose constraints employed to prevent these rectal injuries from occurring. We also examine the use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and how this compares to older radiation therapy techniques that allow for further sparing of the rectum during a radiation therapy course. We then review the literature on endorectal balloons and the effects of their daily use throughout a radiation therapy course. Tissue spacers are now being investigated in greater detail; these devices are injected into the rectoprostatic fascia to physically increase the distance between the prostate and the anterior rectal wall. Last, we review the use of systemic drugs, specifically statin medications and antihypertensives, as well as their impact on rectal toxicity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 66 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 12%
Other 8 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Other 13 20%
Unknown 17 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 27%
Physics and Astronomy 9 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Unspecified 3 5%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 23 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 September 2017.
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#14,123,287
of 23,923,788 outputs
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#504
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#162,697
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Outputs of similar age from Cancer Management and Research
#9
of 16 outputs
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