Open AccessA phase 2 randomized controlled trial of oral resistant starch supplements in the prevention of acute radiation proctitis in patients treated for cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Balu Krishna Sasidharan,
Ramadass Balamurugan,
Prakash Viswanathan,
Prasanna Samuel,
Mahasampath Gowri,
Srinivasan Pugazhendhi,
Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_152_19
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation proctitis , radiation therapy , proctitis , brachytherapy , placebo , gastroenterology , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , external beam radiotherapy , surgery , disease , pathology , ulcerative colitis , physics , alternative medicine , optics
Radiation induced proctitis is frequently encountered during the radiation therapy of cervical and prostate cancers that causes pain and occasionally with bleeding and may affect the continuity of radiation therapy.