Ulcerative colitis that developed during radiotherapy for prostate cancer, deteriorated rapidly and required emergency surgery

Ulcerative colitis that developed during radiotherapy for prostate cancer, deteriorated rapidly and required emergency surgery

Abstract Background Although there are reports linking ulcerative colitis (UC) to prostate cancer (PC), those reports are of PC patients who were previously diagnosed with UC. There are no reports of the development of UC during radiotherapy. Here we describe the first case of a patient who develope...

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Main Authors: Keiji Matsuda, Yuka Okada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kentaro Asako, Kohei Ohno, Mitsuo Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Fukushima, Ryu Shimada, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tamuro Hayama, Keijiro Nozawa, Takeo Fukagawa, Yuko Sasajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Ulcerative colitis
Prostate cancer
Radiotherapy
PSA
Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-01024-3

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