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Does radiation for prostate cancer make you more sensitive to the sun
A 39-year-old member asked:

A Verified Doctoranswered
Urology 52 years experience
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
701 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Phillip Porchanswered
41 years experience
Partially: Most of the fluid when a man ejaculates comes from the prostate and only about 5% is actually sperm. Radiation of the prostate kills the cancer cells ... Read More
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Phillip Porchanswered
41 years experience
Partially: Most of the fluid when a man ejaculates comes from the prostate and only about 5% is actually sperm. Radiation of the prostate kills the cancer cells ... Read More
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Bahman Daneshfaranswered
Radiation Oncology 34 years experience
Yes: The fluid that comes from the prostate is part of what makes up semen. When these cells are killed the amount of semen is much less to just a few drop... Read More
6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old member asked:

Dr. Moez Khorsandianswered
Urology 28 years experience
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
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Bahman Daneshfaranswered
Radiation Oncology 34 years experience
Yes: External radiation with latest method which is image guided has minimized the dose to the rectum but it is still possible and fairly common. Most cas... Read More
6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Andrew Turrisianswered
Radiation Oncology 48 years experience
Yes. But usually: Years after. Bleeding during radiotherapy is usually hemorrhoids. Proctitis occurs in 2-15% between 3 and 10 years with modern treatment, and mostly c... Read More
6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 78-year-old male asked:

Dr. Chad Levittanswered
Radiation Oncology 23 years experience
Possibly normal: It looks like you had a decimal point before the numbers, so i'm assuming that both of these values are less than one. Depending on what the psa valu... Read More
5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Craig Smithanswered
Urology 36 years experience
Brachytheraphy best: Good question and there will be a many opinions. Well performed brachytheraphy places the radiation dose inside the prostate emitting it's dose outwa... Read More
4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 24-year-old member asked:

Dr. Mitchell Kamravaanswered
Radiation Oncology 17 years experience
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
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Brett Kalmowitzanswered
Gastroenterology 23 years experience
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
5.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 37-year-old member asked:

Dr. Carl Van Weyanswered
Radiation Oncology 46 years experience
Yes: Yes; but it is fairly mild. Most patients can continue their normal activities, including most jobs, except heavy manual labor. You may feel like ta... Read More
5.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 62-year-old male asked:

Dr. Cynthia Archeranswered
Internal Medicine 20 years experience
Do you mean Call the: Doctor? Yes, although if there were any serious problems they would certainly have declared themselves by now. If you are asking if the pain you have ... Read More
3.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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