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Urinary Retention after Prostate Radiation
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 3, 2025 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
@vircet thank you. I know there is an Elekta Unity MR Linac at UF Health Radiation Oncology - Davis Cancer Pavilion in Gainesville, FL but I have not heard of any restrictions regarding its use in prostate cancer related to fiducials.
The stronger real time imaging results is a plus.
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I know this thread is a few months old, but when I was researching treatments I went to UF Gainesville specifically to investigate the MR Linac and was told they would not offer me that treatment as it is a limited resource they save for cancers that need the accuracy more than prostate cancer. Kind of a wasted trip, but at least my son was a student there and we had dinner.
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@bens1 I don't think it's necessarily a restriction in use related to fiducials. It seems to me that the cancer center decided to use the MR-Linac for patients who have greater risks due to inability to have the fiducial markers implanted, or other complex issues. If the cancer center retired all their older Elektas, and every patient lined up to the MR-Linac, the waiting time for treatments will be very long. I would have preferred the Linac, but my RO assured me that they have tested all their Elektas and they are all good.