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SpaceOAR gel: What do you feel after it is injected?
What are you supposed to feel after this is injected? Had mine done Friday, it is Monday, still don’t feel a thing.
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Radiation treatment with endorectal balloons
Has anyone with hemorrhoids had radiation treatment (proton or photon) with endorectal balloons instead of Spaceoar gel? Experience?Thanks.
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Has Anybody had BioProtect Balloon as an Alternative to spacing gels?
I read an article in Urology times about BioProtect balloon as an alternative to other gels, spaceoar and biogel, used to separate the rectum from...
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Question on 5 proton treatments with ADT
I’m a 68 yr old male with a psa level of 17.3 grade group 2. My cancer is only in the prostate. I have been...
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MRI linac at U Virginia or Philadelphia and my Florida experience
wondering if anyone has had sbrt with mri linac in Philadelphia or at university of Virginia. mridian or elekta unity? Were you pleased with the...
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Successful Radiation Proctitis Treatment?
SpaceOar barrier gel was placed January 2025 and I had 44 weekday IMRT treatments during February-April. Diarrhea started along the way and continued after treatment...
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Which foods should be avoided during proton treatment
I will have the SpaceOAR placement on May 23, and two weeks later, I will begin 28 sessions of proton beam radiation therapy. Could you...
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@dekestet Do they use rectal spacers with SBRT to protect against the high dose each session?...
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SpaceOAR was FDA approved in 2015, SpaceOAR Vue in 2019, Barrigel in 2022, and BioProtect in...
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How are you these days? Did you experience adverse side effects for not having SpaceOAR? I...
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imbimbo: I had spaceoar with no issues but there is another spacer called BioProtect which is...
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Medicare paid for my proton radiation treatments in 2021. SpaceOAR Vue is a modification of the...
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Rectum insertion of spaceoar is what I had. It gives 1/2 inch extra spacing between rectum...
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In similar circumstances, my RO also considered doing without the SpaceOAR. He then learned I had...
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I'm conflicted
Guys - I've addressed this before but as I draw closer to mapping and ultimately the EBRT (20 fractions) starting soon after, I read that...
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Bladder and Bowel Preparation for prostate radiation
Is there an alternative for a Fleet enema every day before prostate radiation? I an scheduled for 28 radiation treatments, and my oncologist wants to...
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Has anyone had trouble having Medicare pay for the radiologist charges
Has anyone had trouble having Medicare pay for the radiologist charges for a PSMA PET SCAN? I have their Medicare Summary Notice from my scan...
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