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Gel Spacers For Prostate Cancer Management

Published on Wed May 04, 2016

The use of gel spacers is a recent advance in the management of prostate cancer. Your physician will inject the gel between the prostate and rectum to position the patient's anterior rectal wall as far from the prostate as possible. This procedure helps to create a space between the prostate and rectum and reduces the dose of radiation that may [...]
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