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Bowel and urinary tract symptoms which occur during and shortly after therapeutic radiation are well known and the corresponding histopathology is becoming clearer but the relationship to late radiation change is still obscure. This later reaction produces vascular damage and fibrosis leading to ischaemic changes. It is these later changes which in some patients may lead to severe clinical problems in both the intestine and the urinary tract.
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Schofield, P.F., Lupton, E.W. (1989). Conclusions and the Future. 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_9
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