Secondary bladder and colorectal cancer after treatments for prostate cancer: A population based study
Patricia Grisel Quintana Bárcena,
Armen Garo Aprikian,
Alice Dragomir
Abstract:BackgroundProstate cancer (PCa) patients receiving radiotherapy may be predisposed to secondary malignancies. This study aimed to determine the association between PCa treatments, including radical prostatectomy (RP), external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), brachytherapy (BT) and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT); and secondary bladder and colorectal cancer.MethodsA cohort study was constructed using Quebec administrative databases (Med‐Echo and RAMQ). Included men were diagnosed and treated for PCa between 2… Show more
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