Radiation therapy for prostate cancer typically intensifies lower urinary tract symptoms for the duration of treatment plus about two months afterward. — Whalespan
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer typically intensifies lower urinary tract symptoms for the duration of treatment plus about two months afterward.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“the um urinary side effects with radiation on average are kind of you know you're burning the prostate so you're going to have these lower urinary tract symptoms that we talked about at the beginning of the podcast they're always intensified and Amplified they typically persist for the duration of the treatment plus about a TW month lag after that”