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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


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