Prevention and treatment of early radiation-induced injuries of the urinary bladder in carcinoma of the cervix and corpus uteri

The report discusses early-onset radiation injuries in the urinary bladder of more than 1000 patients with cancer of the cervix and corpus uteri. Clinical symptoms of such injuries were observed in 487 patients (44.3%). In 47 (10%), the lesions were pronounced. The degree of radiation-induced cystitis was evaluated on a 6-point scale used by WHO classification (1982). Said lesions mainly occurred at stage III of tumor and predominantly in cases of cancer of the corpus uteri. Complications development was stimulated by vascular lesions, diabetes mellitus and inflammatiry processes in pelvic organs. Radiation injuries were treated by standard procedures as well as with immobilised trypsin administered in a cellulose powder vehicle. this method proved the immobilised trypsin adminstered in a cellulose powder vehicle. This method proved the most effective. Since patients suffering early-onset radiation-induced destructive injuries are at high risk of further exacerbation at later stages, they should be followed-up closely