Nuffield Health Glasgow offers pioneering prostate cancer therapy

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital has become the first independent hospital in Scotland to offer prostate cancer patients radiotherapy treatment with SpaceOAR® hydrogel. High dose radiotherapy for prostate cancer can have adverse side effects such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction. A water-based hydrogel, SpaceOAR® is inserted into the cavity between the prostate and rectum, creating about…