ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S5879

RTT - Service evaluation, quality assurance and risk management

ESTRO 2024

Figure 2. Box and whisker plot shows patients grouped by preparation drinking time. Patients who had not received a call had smaller bladder volumes.

Conclusion:

It is feasible to deliver hydration information to patients by telephone prior to RT planning. Patients who had received this information had larger bladder volumes than those who did not. Further analysis in a larger cohort will be undertaken in other pelvic tumour groups to establish if a level of prediction can be determined.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer, hydration, patient information

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