What is the Purpose of SpaceOar?
Men that have prostate cancer have limited treatment options, including surgery, medical surveillance, or radiation therapy. Because the other two option are riskier options, radiation therapy stands out as a good choice. However, because of the close anatomical proximity of the prostate and the rectum, radiation therapy comes with several undesirable rectal side effects, like pain and diarrhea. SpaceOar was created to lessen or mitigate these side effects by putting some distance between the prostate and rectum during treatments. Approved by the FDA, SpaceOar is clinically proven to minimize the risk of bowel, urinary, and sexual side effects from radiation therapy and improve quality of life.