Research Article
Long-Term Endoscopic Follow-Up of Patients with Chronic Radiation Proctopathy after Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
Table 3
Clinical parameters associated with rectal bleeding.
| Parameter | Grade ≥ 1 rectal bleeding (%) | p value |
| Age, years | | | ≥70 | 14/43 (32.5) | 0.11 | <70 | 11/61 (18.0) | Stage | | | T1 | 19/81 (23.4) | 0.79 | T2 | 6/23 (26.1) | Use of antithrombotic drugs | | | Yes | 7/21 (33.3) | 0.27 | No | 18/83 (21.6) | Presence of DM | | | Yes | 2/12 (16.6) | 0.73 | No | 23/92 (25.0) | Prostate volume, cc | | | ≥25 | 11/49 (22.4) | 0.82 | <25 | 14/55 (25.4) | EBRT boost | | | Yes | 22/53 (41.5) | <0.0001 | No | 3/51 (5.9) | Number of seeds | | | ≥70 | 10/52 (19.2) | 0.35 | <70 | 15/52 (28.8) | Use of ADT | | | Yes | 8/39 (21.0) | 0.64 | No | 17/65 (10.8) |
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DM, diabetes mellitus; EBRT, external-beam radiotherapy; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy.
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