Managing the bowel late effects of pelvic radiotherapy
This booklet is about the bowel late effects of pelvic radiotherapy. It is for anyone treated with pelvic radiotherapy who has bowel side effects that continue after treatment, or begin months or years later. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.
This booklet is about the bowel late effects of pelvic radiotherapy. It is for anyone treated with pelvic radiotherapy who has bowel side effects that continue after treatment, or begin months or years later. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.
About this booklet
This booklet gives information about possible side effects affecting the bowel caused by pelvic radiotherapy that continue on from during treatment, or begin three months or more after treatment. It describes treatments that can help, ways of managing late effects and signposts to other sources of support.
This booklet does not have information about bladder late effects of pelvic radiotherapy. We have another booklet about this called Managing the bladder late effects of pelvic radiotherapy.
Visit our online information about late effects of pelvic radiotherapy.
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