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blood in urine after radiation for prostate cancer
A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Robert Killian answered
27 years experience in General Practice
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A 85-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jesse Mills answered
19 years experience in Urology
Cystoscopy: You need a urologic evaluation including ct scan and cystoscopy. It could be irritation from the prostate radiation but bladder cancer after prostat ... Read More
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi answered
26 years experience in Urology
Yes: Having advanced prostate cancer, stage IV disease, can cause blood in the urine by local extension of the tumor into the bladder or by causing local i ... Read More
A 59-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Lin answered
50 years experience in Urology
Possible, but...: Seeing gross hematuria after intercourse under your reported scenario is possible, but bears no alarm as long as voiding comfortably & have no fev ... Read More
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jesse Mills answered
19 years experience in Urology
Biopsy side effect: If he had a prostate biopsy to rule out cancer, the blood in his urine is likely coming from this and should clear rapidly. Otherwise, he needs to be ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Krick answered
35 years experience in Urology
Urgency: Neither of these conditions occur in your age group. You may still want to be examined for reversible causes of urinary urgency such as prostatitis o ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Lin answered
50 years experience in Urology
Here are some...: Radiation intends to kill cancers but always accompanying its collateral injury to all the tissues projected through. As a result, nature or features ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi answered
26 years experience in Urology
Yes: One of the potential side effects for radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer is rectal bleeding. This can occur after brachytherapy or external b ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mitchell Kamrava answered
15 years experience in Radiation Oncology
Not really: I'm not sure what you mean by focal (brachytherapy?) but with either external beam radiation or brachytherapy men do not routinely have their blood ch ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brett Kalmowitz answered
21 years experience in Gastroenterology
Radiation proctitis: I can only tell you what i see as a gastroenterologist. Radiation can cause inflammatory changes in the lining of the rectum called radiation proctiti ... Read More
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