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Gleason 7 (4+3) radiation, but ADT also? Over treatment?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 16 hours ago | Replies (63)
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@jeffmarc

Proton therapy delivers a beam of proton particles that stops at the tumor, so it's less likely to damage nearby healthy tissues, but this table of differences is quite interesting.

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zooblio6 | @zooblio6 | 6 days ago

Thanks for that. Cyber knife has an unfortunate ring to it!

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | 5 days ago

That is a really interesting chart, Jeff. I realize that it is produced by a group that obviously promotes Cyberknife, but I thought the marginal accuracy of proton beam was on a par with SBRT?

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