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Anyone had salvage radiation therapy post-prostatectomy?
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@krs03 Where did you read that as the company that bought them, or the rights, is receiving $1 million dollars per year to support each machine. That company hired the original people from Viewray. There are a number of the machines being supported in Florida where I am . I spoke with someone on this web site yesterday that is about to be treated on the Mridian and he is in Pennsylvania. Cornell Weill in New York City still has it and others do across the US.
I was treated with the Mridian in the Orlando area and I had the chance to be treated with either the Mridian or Proton. I know it is being used for Oligometastatic cancer spread and for other types of cancer but not sure about the pelvis specifically.
The important piece is the bult in MRI, whether its the Mridian or the Elekta Unity, as that means the margins are much smaller reducing exposure and SIGNIFICANTLY reducing side effects and toxicity.
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Sorry for the mis-information.
The Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis said here:
https://siteman.wustl.edu/worlds-first-mridian-center-treats-1000th-patient-with-mri-guided-radiation-therapy/
that they were using the MRIdian and were extolling the benefits, then at the bottom of the page said "Update: ViewRay technology, including MRIdian, is no longer in use at Siteman Cancer Center or at any other cancer center. "
Clearly they had not updated this web page.
I'm glad to hear that there are options for this type of radiological therapy. I most fear the side-effects of a poorly focused, all-encompassing radiation treatment in my near future. I'd like to learn about the comparison of the two you had mentioned: Proton Beam Therapy and MRI-guided X-rays (or electrons).