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How do you approach prostate cancer patients with persistent obstructive lower urinary tract symptoms after primary radiation therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · KU Medical Center
If the persistent LUTS is due to radiation treatment, and medical therapy is not sufficient -- then I would refer the patient to urology for consideration of a channel TURP.
Patients with metastatic cancer can have local (prostate) disease progression and experience significant obstructive symptoms ...