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I almost went to Loma Linda myself and am in Riverside county. After my research I went to UCLA to be treated on the MRIdian SBRT. My skin wasn’t so much as pierced. It can see all the soft tissue and tracks the prostate at 4-8x a second. Very low side effects, no balloons and high cure rate with that machine. It was super easy and I was back working after 5th treatment. All done in 7 days and back to life. It’s much newer tech, only bother side effects that didn’t last more than 2 weeks. It’s been a year and I feel better than pre diagnosis. Do yourself a favor and talk to UCLA, Steinberg or Kishan. They are pioneers and do much of the research.

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Thank You Kaspar. UCLA is also an option for me. I am retired, so I have time and if lower dose radiation for longer time has less side effects, that is probably better for me.

Kaspar,

What was your criteria deciding UCLA MRIdian SBRT over Loma Linda Proton therapy.

I understand that SBRT is 5 treatments over 10 days. Proton treatment might be 30, 40 treatments. Is that the deciding factor in your case?