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Chronic radiation proctitis
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Due to damage to blood vessels
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Rectum deprived from oxygen and nutrients
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Several months to years after the end of
RT
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Symptoms: diarrhea, rectal bleeding,
painful defecation, intestinal blockage,
fistulae
Radiation rectitis
Radiation ulcer
Fibrosis
Bleeding