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The questions below were raised - and answered by our expert consultants - at one of our regular GP Education Days
Mr Pardeep Kumar, Consultant Urological Surgeon, with a patient
A urine dipstick will not culture a UTI (which is the most likely cause of haematuria). A midstream specimen of urine (MSU) should be undertaken. If the result is negative, please refer to The Royal Marsden for further tests.
An ultrasound does not diagnose prostate cancer, however it is used to measure the size of the prostate or as a guide to carry out prostate biopsies.
The complications of radiotherapy depend entirely on where the tumour was, as treatment is targeted precisely to this area.
Common long term complications of prostate radiotherapy include:
Other side effects are very rare with modern radiotherapy techniques.
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