Inguinal hernia in a patient with prostate cancer to be treated with photon radiotherapy

Takahiro Oike; Katsuyuki Shirai; Tatsuya Ohno

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3256

Inguinal hernia in a patient with prostate cancer to be treated with photon radiotherapy

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Aug 26;8(12):3577-3578. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3256. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Takahiro Oike^{1

2

3}, Katsuyuki Shirai^{3

4}, Tatsuya Ohno^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center Maebashi Japan.
² Department of Radiation Oncology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology Sano Kousei General Hospital Sano Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke Japan.

Abstract

Inguinal hernia should be repaired prior to photon radiotherapy for prostate cancer to avoid exposing the radiosensitive intestinal tract potentially included in hernia sac.

Keywords: inguinal hernia; prostate cancer; radiotherapy.