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Prostate Cancer (Expert Forum)
side effects of radiation therapy in advanced prostate cancer
Answered by
Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch. - Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostatectomy, Urology, Oncology, Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York - NY
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side effects of radiation therapy in advanced prostate cancer
by bondita, Sep 21, 2009 02:54AM
My father went through radiation therapy for advanced staged prostate cancer one and half year ago.Now for last five months blood came along with his stool.There is no pain any where in his stomach.What is the reason for it?Is it due to ulcer or something?What treatment he should take?Doctors of India says he is fine but when this will stop?He feels week due to this.Please suggest what to do.
Doctor's Answer
by Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch., Oct 04, 2009 03:52PM
, Oct 04, 2009 03:52PMTo: bondita
Rectal bleeding following external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer is a known side effect. The published literature suggests that anywhere between 5-20% of men who have external beam radiation will experience acute or chronic radiation proctitis (inflammation).
Patients should get a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy if they have rectal bleeding or heme-positive DRE findings at presentation after radiation therapy for prostate cancer to avoid missing coexistent disease. Furthermore, rectal bleeding has been reported up to 3-years after radiotherapy.
Thank you for your question and good luck.
Sincerely,
Ashutosh (Ash) K. Tewari, MD
www.cornellroboticprostate.org
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Patients should get a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy if they have rectal bleeding or heme-positive DRE findings at presentation after radiation therapy for prostate cancer to avoid missing coexistent disease. Furthermore, rectal bleeding has been reported up to 3-years after radiotherapy.
Thank you for your question and good luck.
Sincerely,
Ashutosh (Ash) K. Tewari, MD
www.cornellroboticprostate.org
This forum is for information only. The contents, such as graphics, images, text, quoted information and all other materials ("Content") are provided for reference only, do not claim to be complete or exhaustive or to be applicable to any particular individual's medical condition. Users should always consult with a qualified and licensed physician or other medical care provider. Users are warned to follow the advice of their physicians without delay regardless of anything read in this forum. The Weill Cornell Prostate Cancer Institute assumes no duty to correct or update the Content nor to resolve or clarify any inconsistent information which may be a part of the Content. Reliance on any Content is solely at the User's risk. This forum may contain health or medically related materials considered sexually explicit. Users are warned that if they may be offended by such Content, an alternate source of information should be found. Publication of information or reference in forum to specific sources such as specific products, procedures, physicians, treatments, or diagnoses are for information only and are not endorsements of the Weill Cornell Prostate Cancer Institute.
