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What kind of radiation you had for salvage ?

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Thanks Jeff and Web 🙂

RO that we talked to suggested IMRT if needed but I read couple of posts and papers with different things mentioned so I wondered if some other type of radiation also can be used. Some papers even mentioned proton for salvage of pelvic floor in combo with IMRT for nodes (Jacksonville , FL, UF Health Proton Therapy Institute).

RO also suggested gold beads as markers, I can find very little info about that : /. Usually, as you mentioned Jeff they use tattoo markers.

I have to do all of this research in very short period of time, so thank you both for helping 🙏 .

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We had one person post on Mayo and mention they went to Dr. Carl Rossi And asked about having proton radiation for salvage radiation. He is the foremost expert on proton radiation and has been doing it for decades.

He specifically told the person that it was not used for salvage radiation.

I definitely would like to hear if you find out differently.