Initial Results from the Royal College of Radiologists' UK National Audit of Anal Cancer Radiotherapy 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

UK guidance was recently developed for the treatment of anal cancer using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). We audited the current use of radiotherapy in UK cancer centres for the treatment of anal cancer against such guidance. We describe the acute toxicity of IMRT in comparison with patient population in the audit treated with two-phase conformal radiotherapy and the previous published data from two-phase conformal radiotherapy, in the UK ACT2 trial.

Materials and methods

A Royal College of Radiologists' prospective national audit of patients treated with radiotherapy in UK cancer centres was carried out over a 6 month period between February and July 2015.

Results

Two hundred and forty-two cases were received from 40/56 cancer centres (71%). In total, 2

SUBMITTER: Muirhead R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5304408 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature