Dr Jervoise Andreyev, Consultant Gastroenterologist in Pelvic Radiation Disease at the Royal Marsden (UK) has kindly identified various resources for Beyond Colorectal Cancer month.
Pelvic radiation disease:
- Gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy - a new understanding to improve management of symptomatic patients, Lancet Oncology*
- Pelvic radiation disease - new understanding and new solutions for a new disease in the era of cancer survivorship, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology*
- Pelvic radiation disease, Colorectal Disease*
Algorithms:
- Upper GI - Guidance: Managing Persistent Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms During and After Treatment for Cancer, Frontline Gastroenterology/Macmillan (PDF 575kb)
- Lower GI - Guidance: The Practical Management of the Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Pelvic Radiation Disease, Frontline Gastroenterology/Macmillan (PDF 341kb)
UK guidelines on managing acute and chronic GI consequences of cancer treatment
Guidelines on managing acute diarrhoea during chemotherapy:
- Guidance on the management of diarrhoea during cancer chemotherapy, Lancet Oncology*
Radiation-induced bowel injury
Managing gastrointestinal symptoms after cancer treatment:
- Managing Gastrointestinal Symptoms after Cancer Treatment - a practical approach for gastroenterologists, Frontline Gastroenterology*
- The holistic management of consequences of cancer treatment by a gastrointestinal and nutrition team - a financially viable approach to an enormous problem, Clinical Medicine
*Readers may need to subscribe to this journal for access
