Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences

Eli D. Ehrenpreis, MD Director, Center for the Study of Complex Disease Staff Gastroenterologist NorthShore University Health System Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine University of Chicago Medical School NorthShore University Health System Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division Highland Park, Il Robert de W. Marsh, MD FACP Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology Department of Medicine NorthShore University Health System Clinical Professor University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine 1 Highland Park Hospital, 777 Park Avenue West Highland Park, IL William Small, Jr., MD, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Radiation Oncology Associate Medical Director Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 303 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Gynaecological Tumors.- Role of radiation in urological malignancies.- Role of radiation in rectal cancers.- Prevention of injury from pelvic irradiation.- Pathology of Radiation Effects on Healthy Tissues in the Pelvis.- Contribution of chemotherapy to the toxicity of pelvic irradiation.- Radiation cystitis: Acute and Chronic.- Acute and chronic radiation enteropathy.- Radiation proctopathy.- Effects of Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer on Anorectal Function.- Effects and management of pelvic radiation on female reproductive system: Sexual dysfunction, fertility effects, and premature menopause.- Miscellaneous pelvic effects:  Pelvic/sacral insufficiency fractures.- Radiation Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy.- The management of radiation cystitis.- Medical management of Radiation Effects on the Intestines.- Surgical management of radiation-induced intestinal injury.