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Urinary Retention after Prostate Radiation
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 3, 2025 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
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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In the cancer center where I had my SBRT, I was told that they also use the MR Linac for prostate patients who aren't able to have the gold seed fiducial markers implanted on them. These patients will therefore receive MRI&guided radiotherapy. As I had gold seeds implanted, I received MRI-guided radio planning with a mini-CT scan before each treatment. With the wider margin in the older Elekta, plus I didn't have SpaceOAR, I might have had some damage in my rectum. I noticed some mucus & blood in my week-3 post SBRT, that cleared on week-4. Somebody indicated to me that the mucus meant the radiated healthy cells were self-repairing, the veins were still sensitive hence the little blood on the stool as it moved out. I hope this is true. Other than this, I don't know if MRI Linac + SpaceOAR would have prevented the bleeding on week-3. I'm now on week-8 post-SBRT.
How was your (and others) experience sans MRI-guided radiotherapy?