More Risks in Radiation Treatment

Having radiation treatment for prostate cancer is more costly than it seems.

Recently, a group of doctors have found out that having prostate cancer treated by radiation can actually increase the risk of developing other cancers. Dr. Naeem Bhojani, from the University of Montreal’s Department of Urology, led a group of researchers from Canada, Italy and the United States to gather data on 10,333 men being treated for localized prostate cancer. Of the 10,333 men, 4,137 underwent external beam radiation. It was later determined that undergoing external beam radiation increases the risk of developing bladder cancer by as much as three times.

This is probably a wakeup call for most of us to try and treat prostate cancer naturally.