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  2. Radiation proctitis - Wikipedia

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    [2] [1] Radiation proctitis most commonly occurs after pelvic radiation treatment for cancers such as cervical cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and rectal cancer. RAVE and chronic radiation proctopathy involves the lower intestine , primarily the sigmoid colon and the rectum, and was previously called chronic radiation proctitis, pelvic ...

  3. Prostate brachytherapy - Wikipedia

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    The radiation does not affect the back passage (rectum, blue) at all. When LDR prostate brachytherapy (seed or polymer source implantation) is carried out, an ultrasound probe is inserted into the rectum (back passage), and images from this probe are used to assess the size and shape of the prostate gland. This is done so that the doctor can ...

  4. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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    A new method to reduce rectal radiation injury in prostate cancer patients involves the use of an absorbable spacer placed between the prostate and rectum. MRI showing hydrogel spacer pushing the rectum away from the prostate during radiotherapy. Such spacers are commercially available in some regions and are undergoing clinical trials in ...

  5. Rectal stricture - Wikipedia

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    The rectum is very close to the prostate in males and the uterus and cervix in females, and therefore it frequently receives radiation during radiotherapy for cancers in the pelvic region. Radiation proctitis (chronic radiation enterocolitis) usually appears after several months of treatment, and is characterized by rectal bleeding or ...

  6. Radiation colitis - Wikipedia

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    Radiation colitis is injury to the colon caused by radiation therapy. It is usually associated with treatment for prostate cancer or cervical cancer . [ 1 ] Common symptoms are diarrhea , a feeling of being unable to empty the bowel , [ 2 ] gastrointestinal bleeding, and abdominal pain.

  7. Prostate - Wikipedia

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    A digital rectal examination and the measurement of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level are usually the first investigations done to check for prostate cancer. PSA values are difficult to interpret, because a high value might be present in a person without cancer, and a low value can be present in someone with cancer. [ 28 ]