Radiation colitis
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Radiation colitis is injury to the colon caused by radiation therapy. It is usually associated with treatment for prostate cancer or cervical cancer.{{cite book |page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=aIcZBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22radiation+colitis%22&pg=PA480 480] |title= Odze and Goldblum surgical pathology of the GI tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas |vauthors= Odze RD, Goldblum JF |publisher= Elsevier Health Sciences |date= 2014 |isbn= 9781455733248}} Common symptoms are diarrhea, a feeling of being unable to empty the bowel, gastrointestinal bleeding, and abdominal pain.
If symptoms of radiation colitis onset within 60 days of exposure to radiation, it is referred to as acute; otherwise, it is classified as chronic. Acute radiation colitis may onset within a few hours of radiation exposure, and may clear up within two or three months after radiation ends. Between 5 and 15% of individuals who receive radiation to the pelvis may have chronic radiation colitis. Radiation therapy can also affect the bowel at the small intestine (radiation enteritis) or the rectum (radiation proctitis).{{cite journal |vauthors=Kennedy GD, Heise CP |title=Radiation colitis and proctitis |journal=Clin Colon Rectal Surg |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=64–72 |date=February 2007 |pmid=20011363 |pmc=2780150 |doi=10.1055/s-2007-970202}}
Signs and symptoms
Causes
Radiation colitis is typically brought on by radiation therapy administered to the pelvis for prostate, cervix, uterus, anus, rectum, or bladder cancers.{{cite journal | last1=Qadeer | first1=Mohammed A. | last2=Vargo | first2=John J. | title=Approaches to the prevention and management of radiation colitis | journal=Current Gastroenterology Reports | volume=10 | issue=5 | date=2008 | issn=1522-8037 | doi=10.1007/s11894-008-0093-9 | pages=507–513| pmid=18799128 | s2cid=41511848 }}
Mechanism
Radiation primarily harms rapidly dividing cells by causing DNA strand loss that results in irreversible DNA changes. Consequently, the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, when the DNA strands are arranged into well-defined chromatin pairs and prepared for division into two daughter cells, is when radiation damage is greatest.{{cite journal |last1=Bernhard |first1=E J |last2=McKenna |first2=W G |last3=Muschel |first3=R J |title=Radiosensitivity and the cell cycle |journal=The Cancer Journal from Scientific American |date=1999 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=194–204 |pmid=10439162}} Colocytes, the cells that divide quickly that make up the epithelium lining the colon, undergo regeneration every five to six days. Its quick regeneration also makes it more vulnerable to radiation-related damage.{{cite journal | last1=Jones | first1=Blake A. | last2=Gores | first2=Gregory J. | title=Physiology and pathophysiology of apoptosis in epithelial cells of the liver, pancreas, and intestine | journal=American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology | publisher=American Physiological Society | volume=273 | issue=6 | date=December 1, 1997 | issn=0193-1857 | doi=10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.6.g1174 | pages=G1174–G1188| pmid=9435542 }}
Genetic and cytokine interactions are necessary for the active process of programmed cell death known as apoptosis. Research on animals has demonstrated a significant increase in intestinal crypt apoptosis following low-dose radiation exposure.{{cite journal | last1=Metcalfe | first1=Anthony | last2=Streuli | first2=Charles | title=Epithelial apoptosis | journal=BioEssays | volume=19 | issue=8 | date=1997 | issn=0265-9247 | doi=10.1002/bies.950190812 | pages=711–720| s2cid=8626701 }}
Through its strong fibrogenic and proinflammatory effects, TGF-β also plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of chronic radiation colitis. TGF-β levels in irradiated tissues are significantly higher and stay elevated in smooth muscle cells, vascular endothelial cells, and fibrocytes for up to 26 weeks.{{cite journal | last1=Wang | first1=Junru | last2=Zheng | first2=Huaien | last3=Sung | first3=Ching-Ching | last4=Richter | first4=Konrad K. | last5=Hauer-Jensen | first5=Martin | title=Cellular Sources of Transforming Growth Factor-β Isoforms in Early and Chronic Radiation Enteropathy | journal=The American Journal of Pathology | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=153 | issue=5 | year=1998 | issn=0002-9440 | doi=10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65741-0 | pages=1531–1540| pmid=9811345 | pmc=1853410 }}
Diagnosis
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | last1=Kountouras | first1=Jannis | last2=Zavos | first2=Christos | title=Recent advances in the management of radiation colitis | journal=World Journal of Gastroenterology | publisher=Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. | volume=14 | issue=48 | year=2008 | issn=1007-9327 | doi=10.3748/wjg.14.7289 | doi-access=free | page=7289 | pmid=19109862 | ref=none| pmc=2778112 }}
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