Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Wurzer, H; Schafhalter-Zoppoth, I; Brandstätter, G; Stranzl, H.
Hormonal therapy in chronic radiation colitis.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1998; 93(12):2536-2538
Doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00713.x
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- Abstract:
- Severe gastrointestinal bleeding is a rare complication of radiation therapy that requires frequent transfusions. This case report describes a patient with severe bleeding from radiation colitis after treatment of bladder cancer. During 5 months of therapy with multiple drugs, the patient needed 26 units of packed red cells. A subsequent hormone therapy consisting of an estrogen-progesterone combination significantly reduced the need for blood transfusions and hospitalization. We conclude that hormones might provide a promising new additional symptomatic therapy for bleeding radiogenic colitis.
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- Estrogens - therapeutic use
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- Male -
- Progesterone - therapeutic use
- Radiation Injuries - complications
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - radiotherapy Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery