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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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