What are your institution's standard liquid intake instructions for prostate cancer patients going through definitive external beam radiation?

Bladder filling is an endless source of stress for patients (and radiation therapists). It's hard for people to time bladder filling under ideal conditions, and even more challenging when the urethra and bladder are irritated from treatment. As the question alludes to, baseline hydration status infl...

Agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last regarding the anxiety and uncertainty around “how full is full enough”.

Years ago at Duke, we conducted a QA study evaluating the acute toxicity effects of bladder filling. Half of the patients were instructed to fill their bladders, but were treated with whatever they...

Oncolore that persists, same as bladder constraints.

I’ve worked at places that would delay patients an hour or more, as we were affiliated with MDACC and a literal volume study via US was done on every patient, disrupting the schedule for something that really had always sounded made up.

Currently,...