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Predisposing Factors, Clinical Features, Investigations: Radiation Urinary Tract Disease

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The Causation and Clinical Management of Pelvic Radiation Disease

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Radiation urinary tract disease has been reported after the treatment of tumours arising from bladder, prostate, ovary, vagina, vulva, testicle, lymph nodes and the gastrointestinal tract. Most reports have been concerned with problems after radiotherapy for carcinoma cervix and indeed much of our own experience has been with patients treated for cervical cancer. The potentially affected organs are the lower ureters, bladder, bladder neck and urethra.

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  1. University of Manchester, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, M20 8LR, UK

    P. F. Schofield MD, FRCS (Honorary Reader in Surgery, Consultant Surgeon) (Honorary Reader in Surgery, Consultant Surgeon)

  2. University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, M20 8LR, UK

    E. W. Lupton MD, FRCS (Consultant Urologist) (Consultant Urologist)

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Lupton, E.W. (1989). Predisposing Factors, Clinical Features, Investigations: Radiation Urinary Tract Disease. In: Schofield, P.F., Lupton, E.W. (eds) The Causation and Clinical Management of Pelvic Radiation Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1704-9_7

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