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What do you do when one lymph node on PSMA is inconclusive ?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 28 3:33pm | Replies (45)
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@surftohealth88 the gold markers are called fiduciaries and they are inserted into the prostate via a transperineal approach to mark the position of the tumor when CT imaging is used to guide the radiation with either IMRT or SBRT. In my circumstance, my SBRT is being done under MRI guidance (ViewRay MRIdian) so fiduciaries were not needed.

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surftohealth88 | @surftohealth88 | Sep 25 3:28pm

@rbtsch1951

Thanks for clarification . My husband had RP but will need possibly salvage or adjuvant RT and RO told him that he will have gold markers and IMRT. Does that mean that IMRT machine has no guidance ? And how are gold markers inserted ? Through perineal region ?

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