Intrarectal Amifostine During External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Produces Significant Improvements in Quality of Life Measured by EPIC Score

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8240089	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2008	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Higher doses of amifostine produced significant improvements in acute and late bowel QoL (up to 1Â year after therapy), measured using the EPIC score.

Keywords

Amifostine Prostate

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Intrarectal Amifostine During External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Produces Significant Improvements in Quality of Life Measured by EPIC Score

Authors

Nicole L. M.D., Cynthia M.D., Benjamin P. M.D., Paul S. Ph.D., Peter M.S., Sharon R.N., Denise C.C.P.R., Nancy S. R.N., Linda C. R.N., Theresa R.N., Kevin M.D., C. Norman M.D., Anurag K. M.D.,