Self-assessed bowel toxicity after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer--predictive factors on irritative symptoms, incontinence and rectal bleeding.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on September 21, 2009

Authors

Michael Pinkawa1, Marc D Piroth, Karin Fischedick, Sandra Nussen, Jens Klotz, Richard Holy, Michael J Eble

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52072 Aachen, Germany. mpinkawa@ukaachen.de

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