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0:04 What urethral side effects can radiation therapy patients expect?

3:49 How likely is the average person to contract bladder cancer?

5:07 Can forms of radiation therapy other than beam radiation cause hematuria?

5:57 How long following treatment does hematuria usually start to appear?

6:57 What should someone who needs blood thinners do if they have hematuria?

7:30 How accessible is the Cxbladder test?

8:30 Can new genetic assays predict how likely hematuria might be for a patient?

9:28 What percentage of patients have hematuria following radiation therapy?

10:31 How severe is hematuria likely to be for the average radiation patient?

11:36 Can the newer spot radiation therapies cause hematuria?

12:20 Alex's conclusion

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