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Cribriform may still be in your future. Reports are shown that you cannot remove all of cribriform With SBRT radiation. It needs further treatment to completely remove it, Usually brachytherapy is done to finish it off.
Many hospitals are doing HDR brachytherapy plus SBRT with hormones. The idea is that the short term high intensity boost given with the seeds (maybe an hour) really gives those aggressive cribriform areas a beat down. Then, 5 sessions of SBRT (MRIdian, Cyberknife) takes care of the rest of the gland and margins.