title: Imaging findings after radiotherapy to the pelvis.
abstract: Carcinoma cervix is the second most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer-related death in women in developing countries. The use of radiation therapy to treat cancer inevitably involves exposure of normal tissues. As a result, patients may experience symptoms associated with damage to normal tissue during the course of therapy for a few weeks after therapy or months or years later. Here we describe few cases developed normal tissue complications following radiotherapy to the pelvis. Many factors contribute to risk and severity of normal tissue reactions; these factors are site specific and vary with time after treatment. Treatments that reduce the risk or severity of damage to normal tissue or that facilitate the healing of radiation injury are being developed. These could greatly improve the quality of life of patients treated for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Pavan Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lachi
authors.forename: Sujatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patnaik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.forename: K V J R
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Naidu
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*