Risk Of Bladder And Rectal Cancer Increases with Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

As I've been saying again and again, nothing beats natural. Today, another risk was added to growing number of risks that you can get from radiation therapy. That's why I've always been an advocate of natural healing. There are many choices in curing prostate cancer but there are certain levels of risk that can make you think twice. With natural healing, risks are minimal, if any.

The relative risk of bladder cancer developing after external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy-brachytherapy compared to radical prostatectomy was 1.88, 1.52 and 1.85, respectively. This is compared to the general United States population the standardized incidence ratio for bladder cancer developing after radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy-brachytherapy was 0.99, 1.42, 1.10 and 1.39, respectively. The relative risk of rectal cancer developing after external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy-brachytherapy compared to radical prostatectomy was 1.26, 1.08 and 1.21, respectively. The standardized incidence ratio for rectal cancer developing after radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy-brachytherapy was 0.91, 0.99, 0.68 and 0.86, respectively.