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Anyone had salvage radiation therapy post-prostatectomy?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 31 1:55pm | Replies (35)
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@bens1

@mmmvegas There are different types of radiation machines that have more or less side effects. The Mridian and the Elekta Unity have a built in MRI (vs fused images) so what they see in real time is treated in real time. The side effects are MUCH less as determined by both my personal experience of 5 hypo fractional treatments and the mirage randomized trial.
https://www.urologytimes.com/view/mirage-trial-margin-reduction-with-mri-guided-sbrt-reduces-toxicity-vs-ct-guided-sbrt

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krs03 | @krs03 | Mar 29 12:05am

@bens1 I've read that the MRIdian from ViewRay has been removed from use at all locations as the company went belly-up. It sounds very promising as does the Elekta Unity.
Which machine provided your treatment? I assume you live near UCLA where the trial is currently in practice. Was this for prostate surgical margins only or did it include pelvic lymph nodes?

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