# OnCo record idea-pu-rectal-spacer-prostate (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-rectal-spacer-prostate/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-pu-rectal-spacer-prostate" ;
  schema:name "An absorbable gel or balloon between prostate and rectum before radiotherapy, used under audit"@en ;
  schema:description "A spacer injected between the prostate and the rectum pushes the bowel out of the high-dose area for a few months and then dissolves. Randomised trials found fewer bowel side effects, but the procedure carries its own rare serious complications, and England's guidance allows it only with special arrangements for consent and audit."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-rectal-spacer-prostate/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-20"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.04.030>, <https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8221>, <https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.7592>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2023.12.034>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/htg659> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:promising", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-prostate-hypofractionation-default/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-pelvic-filling-protocol/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/bowel-after-pelvic-radiotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/nice/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .