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Figure 28. EMBRACE-I bladder morbidity (physician assessed and patient reported): actuarial cumulative incidence of bleeding and cystitis and pain or burning feeling when urinating and difficulty in emptying the bladder for different dose levels of D2cc (Reprinted from Radiother. Oncol., 158, Spampinato S, Fokdal LU, Pötter R, et al., Risk factors and dose-effects for bladder fistula, bleeding and cystitis after radiotherapy with imaged-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer: An EMBRACE analysis, 312-320, 2021, with permission from Elsevier).