Ep. 191 Optimizing Radiation Therapy: Role of Perirectal Spacers with Dr. Eric Chenven and Dr. Nadim Nasr

1909.85 - 1933.637 Dr. Nadim Nasr

had spacer versus ones who did not have spacer and we tried to match patients up based on prostate size which was the one factor that we we thought would equal things out and essentially what we saw was anywhere between a 50 to 70 percent decrease in dose to the interior rectal wall and specifically a lot of the higher dose points, not just sort of the average lower dose, but the higher doses.