Incidence and Predictors of Acute and Chronic Rectal Bleeding as Reported by Patients Through EPIC Questionnaire for Prostate Brachytherapy Using Cesium

Abstract

To report the incidence of acute and chronic rectal bleeding, based on the patient reported Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) score, and to investigate factors predictive of rectal bleeding in patients who underwent prostate brachytherapy (PB) with Cesium-131 (131Cs).