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Just diagnosed gobsmacked looking for advice

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 29 10:17am | Replies (52)
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@mhreed39

Hi @kmat, sorry you find yourself in this spot. My radiation oncologist will use IMRT on my prostate and SABR on the spot on my arm. Both my radiation oncologist and my medical oncologist (and they work at two different facilities) said I was not a good candidate for proton or SABR radiation to the prostate,
Good Luck to you.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Jul 17 4:20pm

I *think* that both the pro and con of IMRT is that it affects a larger area than SBRT or Proton — is that right?

It would be a con if you wanted to minimise collateral damage in the pelvic area, but a pro if there was concern that there might already be some local spread (if I understand correctly).

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