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ProsTOX estimates DELAYED urinary tract symptoms. ACUTE self limiting symptoms resolve at the same rate as IMRT the longer form of External Beam Radiotherapy [EBRT]
ProsTOX: LOW score 5% chance of delayed symptoms, put another way 95% chance of no delayed symptoms, The HIGH score is a 15% chance of delayed symptoms or 85% chance of no delayed symptoms. It is possible you misheard the oral (unwritten) spiel or the doc is ignorant.
The interval between treatments: 2x, 1x/week may mitigate the issue rather than receiving standard alternate days for five treatments?
Permanent seeds provides the optimal dose of radiation; whereas EBRT of any sort has to be suboptimal because the converging beams must
go through healthy tissue. 7 3+4 is also being surveilled as well so you should not necessarily be rushed into treatment. Go to PCRI.org and look up their YOU-TUBE videos on various Gleason scores.

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@thmssllvn Thanks for info. My Prostox said 95% SBRT and 5% IMRT. So are you saying I could do SBRT just spread it out more and even though the Grade 2 will start early it should resolve itself?

I’ve been on AS for about 10 mos now and it’s kind of driving me crazy and that’s why I’ve thought about doing Tulsa Pro to at least do something for it early. Figured this was the least quality of life option and was kind of an intermediate to AS and RT or RAP. Thoughts?