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DiscussionExpected side effects of adjuvant radiotherapy after prostatectomy?
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@soli
I have also heard of a variety of issues
Radiation proctitis
Rectal bleeding
Bladder infection
Breaks in bones - radiation damage to bones
Fibroses in bladder - reduce capacity
I must admit I have not heard this from a lot of people. Very few people in this Mayo7 Clinic forum have reported such serious side effects. They can happen.
I can’t give you any percentages, I suspected may relate to the way the treatment is given in some case cases. Ask the radiation oncologist what percentage of people have issues like these.
@soli almost all those serious Side effects occur when people get radiation as their primary treatment. Adjunct radiation and salvage radiation do not get into the same spots As radiation to the prostate, to cause many of those issues