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For the Newly Diagnosed: If I Were to Start Over
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@jim18 Excellent insight. I had SpaceOar inserted 3-4 weeks before starting radiation, but it obviously didn't prevent the damage. I've had four of thirty hyperbaric treatments and I think they are beginning to make a difference. I'm hopeful. The radiation oncologist is a great person and the staff are as well. I just think they didn't have accurate enough aim and too many doses.
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@jime51 SpaceOar is more important for Proton due to the Bragg peak. If there is an overshoot due to prostate movement, etc. the SpaceOar will absorb the hit. It absorbs a little of the photons but its big benefit is separation so that more photon beams miss the rectum. Photons are always passing through the body (and SpaceOar). The damage occurs when they hit something and stop. Most of the body is empty space even though it does not appear that way. I wish you good fortune on your treatments. That was my biggest concern with radiation but either through good aim, luck or both I did not have any rectal issues, just some minor/moderate bladder ones.