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Replies to "Your story gives me hope for my husband. Unfortunately, he did not have SBRT. (which I..."
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25 sessions of radiation is no less effective than 5 ‘powerful’ doses of SBRT. In fact, in your husband’s case with demonstrable EPE and seminal vesicle invasion, it is the preferred treatment.
IMRT can radiate a much larger marginal area without causing acute toxicities, and thereby hit more rogue cells which may have already escaped the prostate. If you tried this with SBRT, the results could be very severe indeed. Best,
Phil