[Urologic complications following radiotherapy of cancers of the corpus uteri]. 1985

G Staehler, and A Leonhardt, and A Knapp, and W Wieland

Patients with endometrial carcinomas who have undergone only radiation therapy represent a negative selection, because of the many concomitant diseases. In the author's group of 134 cases such patients were on average 7 years older than those who had undergone surgery. Even with computer-calculated opposing-field therapy with intracavity packing, radiation damage to the urinary tract must be expected. Of the 134 patients, 75 (55.9%) had pathologic urological findings following radiation therapy. The most commonly affected organ was the bladder (55.2%), followed by the kidneys (21.6%) and the ureter (7.5%). Radiation damage to the urethra could not be verified. The urological complications were hardly affected by the stage of the tumor, but considerably so by the time interval: the rate of urological complications was 68.9% higher after 5 years than after 1 year. Therefore, accurate statements concerning urological complications following primary radiation therapy for endometrial carcinoma cannot be made until 5 years have elapsed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D011832 Radiation Injuries Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES. Radiation Sickness,Radiation Syndrome,Injuries, Radiation,Injury, Radiation,Radiation Injury,Radiation Sicknesses,Radiation Syndromes,Sickness, Radiation,Sicknesses, Radiation,Syndrome, Radiation,Syndromes, Radiation
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D001743 Urinary Bladder A musculomembranous sac along the URINARY TRACT. URINE flows from the KIDNEYS into the bladder via the ureters (URETER), and is held there until URINATION. Bladder,Bladder Detrusor Muscle,Detrusor Urinae,Bladder Detrusor Muscles,Bladder, Urinary,Detrusor Muscle, Bladder,Detrusor Muscles, Bladder
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012306 Risk The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D014513 Ureter One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER. Ureters
D014551 Urinary Tract The duct which coveys URINE from the pelvis of the KIDNEY through the URETERS, BLADDER, and URETHRA. Tract, Urinary,Tracts, Urinary,Urinary Tracts
D014570 Urologic Diseases Pathological processes of the URINARY TRACT in both males and females. Urinary Tract Diseases,Urological Diseases,Disease, Urinary Tract,Disease, Urologic,Disease, Urological,Diseases, Urinary Tract,Diseases, Urologic,Diseases, Urological,Urinary Tract Disease,Urologic Disease,Urological Disease

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