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Do you recommend surveillance for secondary malignancies of the rectum and bladder after prostate XRT?

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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

I think it's important to be sure that patients are up to date with screening for colorectal cancer before beginning a course of prostate XRT. I have had an occasional patient who was found to have a colorectal cancer on colonoscopy performed pre-treatment because they were out of compliance with sc...

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