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Long-Term Adverse Effects and Complications After Treatment

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (14)
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@jeffmarc

The study started 12 years ago before many of the new radiation techniques were developed. It is really impossible to compare today with 12 years ago, but no one really knows until 12 more years ago by and a study is produced.

If someone today picks just IMRT radiation or standard SBRT (not MRIdian) then the study applies.

Doesn’t hurt to expose people to what long-term results could be.

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bens1 | @bens1 | 4 days ago

@jeffmarc I agree with you. Given the decision process can be complicated and scary, I think it is also important for people to understand that the less exposure of healthy tissue to radiation because of a particular machine and margins, means potentially less side effects, maybe in the long term as well.

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