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Is SBRT with proton beam now a gold standard for prostate cancer?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 12 9:45am | Replies (7)
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@frank 1956

Many thanks. Everybody should watch this video.

As an "amusing" comment I had a urologist tell me last year that proton therapy was experimental.

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jc76 | @jc76 | Mar 12 6:49am

@rick137
Wow one of your urologists said proton therapy was experimental. Medicare pays for proton radiation treatments for prostrate.

UFPTI has been using proton radiation for prostrate cancer since 2006. Mayo Rochester and Mayo Phoenix have a very robust proton radiation treatments for prostrate cancer. Hopefully you have chosen a different urologist.

Many research studies show almost identical cure rates for both photon and proton. Some pros and cons with both but bottom line with proton is that is stops where oncologist/radiologist programs it to and does NOT proceed out through body like Photon.

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