madman
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Chapters
1:03 What does a spacer do during radiation treatment?
3:05 What is a rectal burn, and is there any treatment for one?
5:06 How should patients approach their doctors about the risk of burns?
7:42 How do the injectable spacers work?
11:04 Where is the spacer injection given, and how uncomfortable is it?
11:33 Is there a long rest period between getting the spacer and the radiation?
11:57 How is the material of the spacer eventually eliminated from the body?
12:19 Can a patient's body ever reject a spacer?
12:54 Can spacers distort MRI imaging?
13:48 Is it best to seek out a center of excellence to install a spacer?
15:29 What is BioProtect and how does it work?
17:28 Does the balloon stay or come out?
17:57 Are certain spacers more optimal for different forms of radiation?
20:01 Are spacers usually covered by Medicare or private insurance?
20:15 Why would some prostate cancer influencers have negative opinions of spacers?
21:30 How common is it for a prostate cancer patient to get a spacer installed?
22:22 Alex's conclusions
