International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 134-143.e15 , 1 September 2008

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Chronic Refractory Radiation Proctitis: A Randomized and Controlled Double-Blind Crossover Trial With Long-Term Follow-Up

  • Richard E. Clarke, C.H.T.

      Affiliations

    • Baromedical Research Foundation, Columbia, SC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Richard E. Clarke, C.H.T., 5 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203. Tel: (803) 434-7101; Fax: (803) 434-4354
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  • L. M. Catalina Tenorio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • James R. Hussey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC
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  • Akin S. Toklu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • D. Lindsie Cone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC
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  • Jose G. Hinojosa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Samir P. Desai, B.D.S., M.H.A.

      Affiliations

    • Baromedical Research Foundation, Columbia, SC
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  • Luis Dominguez Parra, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Sylvia D. Rodrigues, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pretoria Medical Centre, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
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  • Robert J. Long, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Wesley Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Wesley Medical Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Margaret B. Walker, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia

Received 19 October 2007 ,Revised 7 December 2007 ,Accepted 12 December 2007.

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 Supported in part by grants from the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation and National Baromedical Services, and equipment from Sechrist Industries.

 Supplementary material (Table 3) for this article can be found at www.redjournal.org.

 Presented in part at the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, May 27–30, 2004; the Hyperbaric Nurses and Technicians Association Annual Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, August 9–11, 2007; and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Gulf Coast Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. September 1, 2007.

 Conflict of interest: R. E. Clarke provides hyperbaric medicine support services; and S. D. Rodrigues was compensated for lectures by Roche in 2007 and sat on the pain management board of Jansen Cilag in 2006.

PII: S0360-3016(08)00042-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.12.048

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Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 134-143.e15 , 1 September 2008

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