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Beginning EBRT next week. Do I need to follow a low-fiber diet?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 28 11:19am | Replies (33)
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I didn't see Jeff's reply to the above question specifically.
It's more likely than not, his brother's total dose was 40 Gy, same as mine (this past Apr 9-21). I read elsewhere that max is 60 Gy for a PCa treatment.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | May 28 11:19am

It can go higher than 60 gy for SBRT, but that's close to the max — definitely a curative rather than palliative dose.

As I mentioned elsewhere (or in this thread?), I discovered later that one of the reasons they pack the 60 gy into just 5 sessions in the U.S. is related to billing: U.S. Medicare won't pay for the 20 sessions they spread it out over in other countries

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