My husband was treated for prostate cancer with 43 radiation treatments a year and a half ago. He recently has had dark blood in his stools which appear to be clots. He also has a cough which makes me believe his problem is his esophogus. He is scheduled for a colonoscopy this week. Perhaps it will be a virtual colonoscopy due to the radiation. At any rate, what does it sound like to you?
Hello, Thanks for the query to Chat Doctor. Forum. As your husband were a patient of prostate cancer, and he took radiation. Now there is dark-colored stool with severe cough, may be due to .1 Secondaries in lungs, diagnosis can be confirmed by MRI of lungs. Usually this is the most common site for metastasis of prostate cancer.2 Secondaries in liver, diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound of liver .3 Metastasis in intestine, diagnosis can be confirmed by M R I and colonoscopy of large intestine. However, dark-colored stool is usually associated with involvement of upper G I tract. In my opinion consult an ONCOLOGIST and get his opinion. Good luck. Chat Doctor. 