The Amazing Benefits of SpaceOar™ Hydrogel in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Do you want to protect your quality of life during radiation therapy for prostate cancer? Look no further than SpaceOar™ Hydrogel. It is designed to temporarily create space between the prostate and rectum. This reduces the radiation dose delivered to the rectum during radiation therapy. SpaceOar™ Hydrogel has been shown to help minimize the risk bowel, urinary and sexual side effects.
Right now, the amazing team at Boston Scientific are offering SpaceOar™ Hydrogel treatments for prostate cancer patients. Boston Scientific Boston Scientific is dedicated to transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world.
Read on to learn more about SpaceOar™ Hydrogel, and how Boston Scientific can help you protect your quality of life whilst you undergo radiation therapy.
How does SpaceOar™ Hydrogel work?
Firstly, the goal of radiation therapy is to destroy the cancer cells whilst avoiding damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer can damage a healthy rectum because the rectum and prostate are so close to each other. SpaceOar™ Hydrogel acts as a spacer between the two. It has been proven that SpaceOar™ Hydrogel reduces the radiation dose delivered to the rectum, whilst destroying the cancer cells in your prostate. Your healthy tissue is protected whilst your prostate cancer is treated.
How is SpaceOar™ Hydrogel placed?
It is injected into the area between the prostate and the rectum. It forms a semi-solid gel, protecting you for a 3-month period whilst you receive radiation therapy. SpaceOar™ Hydrogel is designed to be absorbed in 6 months, causing the space that SpaceOar™ Hydrogel created between your prostate and rectum to return to normal. It protects you when you need it, and is absorbed when you don’t, protecting your quality of life.
In Summary…
SpaceOar™ Hydrogel allows you to maintain your quality of life whist undergoing prostate cancer radiation treatment. SpaceOar™ Hydrogel protects your rectum from unnecessary radiation whilst killing cancerous cells.
If you would like to know more about the treatment and speak to one of our medical professionals, please don’t hesitate to contact the team at Boston Scientific to arrange an appointment. All our contact details are on our website here.