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Radiation therapy has been used for many years to treat abdominal conditions, particularly gynaecological or urological malignancy in the pelvis. Whilst the tumour itself receives the planned dosage, it is inevitable that the adjacent bowel receives some irradiation. It is probable that subclinical bowel damage is common but good radiotherapy technique makes significant injury relatively rare (Rubin 1984).
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Schofield, P.F. (1989). Clinical Features of Radiation Bowel Disease. In: Schofield, P.F., Lupton, E.W. (eds) The Causation and Clinical Management of Pelvic Radiation Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1704-9_4
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