HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR RADIATION-INDUCED HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS

Radiation therapy has widely been used for cancers in the pelvis. Radiation cystitis, one of the late complications, presents often as hemorrhagic cystitis, which is refractory to the conventional therapy and may threaten the patient's life. We used hyperbaric oxygen therapy on patients with radiation cystitis to test its potential benifit.Ten patients aged from 46 to 81 years with a mean of 62 years underwent one or more courses of hyperbaric...