[Radiotherapy associated chronic hemorrhagic proctitis at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases of Peru, 2011-2013].

Objective: To study the clinical and endoscopic features of chronic hemorrhagic proctitis by radiotherapy in the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases of Peru.

Materials And Methods: The study was descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal, with a population of 588 patients with this pathology, in the period 2011-2013, from which 114 patients were selected by randomized probabilistic sampling. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of qualitative and quantitative variables.

Etiology, endoscopic management and mortality of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cancer.

Background: The source and outcomes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in oncologic patients are poorly investigated.

Objective: The study aimed to investigate these issues in a tertiary academic referral center specialized in cancer treatment.

Methods: This was a retrospective study including all patients with cancer referred to endoscopy due to UGIB in 2010.