Patient-reported acute GI symptoms in locally advanced cervical cancer patients correlate with rectal dose

Background and purposeTo investigate relationships between patient-reported acute gastro-intestinal symptoms in a locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) prospective cohort and clinical and dosimetric parameters, while also taking spatial dose into account.Material and methodsA total of 103 patients was included, receiving radiotherapy based on a plan-library-based plan-of-the-day protocol, combined either with concurrent chemotherapy or with...