Open AccessUltrasound-guided transrectal implantation of fiducial markers for image-guided radiotherapy of prostate cancer without local anesthesia: Patient-reported gastrointestinal–genitourinary system complications and pain
Author(s) -
Cenk Ahmet Şen
Publication year - 2021
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_281_18
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , prostate , genitourinary system , radiation therapy , dysuria , fiducial marker , ultrasound , surgery , radiology , cancer , urinary system
The present study evaluates procedure-associated pain and side effects in the gastrointestinal-genitourinary system in patients with early-stage prostate cancer who were treated with image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), accompanied by an ultrasound-guided transrectal implantation of fiducial markers, without local anesthesia.