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Any advice or shared experiences with SpaceOAR Hydrogel?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 10 hours ago | Replies (11)
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@dgd1953

I had fiducials inserted for my 39 IMRT (VMAT) sessions. Prior to each session, a scan of my prostate was done and the fiducials helped determine the relative position of my prostate so that the VMAT beams could be sculpted properly.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | 13 hours ago

Ahhh, now I see….You learn something new on this forum every day. I had only seen fiducials used in Cyberknife. My sessions were salvage - NO PROSTATE. So they did a cone beam Xray every day (built into the TruBeam) before treatment to check for rectal gas, bladder fullness, and proper positioning.
I had no gel spacer since there could be cells near the rectum and they had to hit those too. My PET was also “clear”, but we all know what that means.
Glad you are doing well.
Phil

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