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Help for patients with radiation proctitis

Hyperbaric Oxygen (HOT II) Trial may Help your PatientsHOT II is a randomised double-blind controlled phase III trial of hyperbaric oxygen in patients suffering long-term adverse effects of radiotherapy (RT) for pelvic cancer, funded by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health.

Assessments for the trial are undertaken at the Royal Marsden Hospital or by post for patients unable to travel to London.

Treatment is delivered at participating hyperbaric medicine centres in Cardiff, Chichester, Great Yarmouth, Heswall, Hull, London (Leytonstone and St ’s Wood), Plymouth and Rugby.

If you have patients with chronic RT-induced symptoms in your clinic who fit the following main inclusion criteria:- Past history of cancer of the rectum, prostate, testis, bladder, uterine cervix, uterine corpus or ovary- Bowel symptoms due to RT; diarrhoea, faecal incontinence, bleeding etc- Radiotherapy at least 12 months ago

please ask them to contact me, or forward me their contact details

I will send them a copy of the patient information sheet and establish eligibility.

For further information, please see http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/RMH/healthcare/research/hot-ii.htm or contact me directly at the address below.Thank you for your help.Kind regardsGrace Sharp

Trial CoordinatorProfessor Yarnold's OfficeRoyal Marsden HospitalDowns Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PTTel: 0Fax: 0Email: grace.sharp@...

Chief & Principal Investigators:Dr Jervoise Andreyev, Consultant Gastroenterologist in Pelvic Radiation Disease Prof Yarnold, Consultant Clinical OncologistISRCTN 86894066