4. Radiation treatment
Along with chemotherapy, radiation treatment is one of the staples of cancer treatment. If this treatment is done on the pelvic area then changes to the bladder tissue that results in inflammation could occur. Radiation treatment aimed at the pelvis area is often used to treat cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer patients are at a high risk of developing cystitis. As a matter of fact, there is currently an ongoing study on more than 10,000 cervical cancer patients that seeks to get more data on the link between cystitis and radiation treatment.
Once the study concludes, we should have the exact percentage of cervical cancer patients that get cystitis due to radiation treatment. Until then, we’ll just have to keep an eye on those who receive radiation treatment so that any resulting cases of cystitis can be treated promptly before any other complications occur.