Late small bowel toxicity after aggressive abdominopelvic intensity modulated radiation therapy

We retrospectively analyzed late small bowel toxicity in patients who received abdominal or pelvic intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to the small bowel with a maximum dose greater than the generally accepted maximal tolerable dose of 45 Gy.All patients (N = 94) who received IMRT with a point dose of at least 45 Gy to tightly contoured small bowel between 2005 and 2014 at our institution were included. The median prescribed treatment...