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Effect of Abdominal Circumference on the Irradiated Bowel Volume in Pelvic Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Patients: Implications for the Radiotherapy-Related Intestinal Toxicity

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Published in 2022 at "Frontiers in Oncology"

DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.843704

Abstract: Background To effectively reduce the irradiated bowel volume so as to reduce intestinal toxicity from pelvic radiotherapy, treatment in the prone position with a full bladder on a belly board is widely used in pelvic… read more here.

Keywords: pelvic radiotherapy; irradiated bowel; bowel volume;