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Regretfully no. They (Mayo Jacksonville) is building a new cancer center that will have proton radiation treatments and will open sometime in 2026.

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and per my PCP he wanted me to get a second opinion and I did that at UFHPTI. From my PCP and what I learned from the R/O at Mayo, and R/O at UFHPTI I wanted to get proton radiation.

The success rate of treating the prostate cancer are the same but proton radiation is much more highly controlled with proton radiation and does not exit the body beyond prostate or the area being treated. It also can enter the body at a lower dose, releases its full dose at precise location R/O and physics department have determined and then stops. Photo enters full force, radiation of the treatment area, and continues through and out the body.

I had my urologist exam, my MRI, my biopsies, and my first R/O consultation done at Mayo. I had a second opinion done at UFHPTI by having my medical records send to them and then a second opinion/consultation.

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Hi jc76, I find your posts helpful. Recently I heard that the angle of the proton entry may cause some extra radiation at the hips. Have you heard of anything like this. My 1st RO said something like this but I couldn’t follow it well.