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Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (21)
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@susiep303
Did you have photon radiation or proton?
Yes having Mayo Clinic is a great advantage and I have been a patient there since 2006.
Photon radiation enters the body full force, treats your cancer location, and exits the body full force.
Proton radiation enters body lower does, releases it radiation at designated point, and does not go any further and does not exit body.
This information is widely available on every major medical facility. My information posted came from my Mayo urologist, Mayo R/O, UFHPTI R/O, and my Mayo PCP.
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Photon. Actually I don't even remember them giving me a choice. They said I needed it so I just followed what they said. Maybe it wasn't available then? I don't want to sound ungrateful because I am still alive. I jokingly tell people the surgery saved my life and then they tried to kill me with the radiation.