Nursing care of prostate cancer patients against radiative proctitisinduced by CyberKnife treatment.
- Author:
Ao-Mei LI
1
;
Jie GAO
1
;
Kai-Yu LU
1
;
Sheng-Yuan ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Radiotherapy, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
CyberKnife;
nursing;
prostate cancer;
radiativeproctitis
- MeSH:
Case-Control Studies;
Humans;
Male;
Proctitis;
etiology;
nursing;
prevention & control;
Prostatic Neoplasms;
radiotherapy;
Radiation Injuries;
nursing;
prevention & control;
Radiosurgery;
adverse effects
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2017;23(1):69-72
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the nursing care of prostate cancer (PCa) patients againstradioactive proctitisinduced byCyberKnifetreatment.
METHODS:Sixty-eightPCapatients undergoingCyberKnife treatment in the observation group receivedspecialnursing care againstradioactive proctitis. The nursing measures includedthoserelevant toCyberKnife treatment, prevention ofradioactive proctitis, skin care, and discharge guidance. Meanwhile, another 54 prostate cancer patients received traditional nursing care as controls. We compared the incidence rate and severity of radioactive proctitis between the two groups of patients.
RESULTS:The incidence rate of radioactive proctitiswas markedly lower in the observation group than in the control (2.9% vs 13.0%, P<0.05), but no statistically significant difference was observed in the severity of radioactive proctitis between the two groups of patients.
CONCLUSIONS:The special nursing care againstCyberKnife-induced radioactiveproctitiscan significantlyreduce the incidence of radioactive proctitis andimprove the effect of CyberKnife treatment of prostate cancer, which therefore deserves wide clinical application.
