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What is treatment for Gleason Score 8 at 80 years old in good health?
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Jeff, thanks for your strong commitment to monitor this forum and help men with P.C. You do an excellent job of it.
My comment you question was a poorly worded statement by me. What I meant to say was that the side effect profile from long term beam radiation seems to shift the side effect events out to a longer term as well, as compared to the short term SBRT radiation group. At least that is my take on it after doing much study. When I use AI and ask a question comparing the two groups it seems to bear this out. Here are two screen shots from my research.
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@oldgreenpaint You gotta watch that AI. Indeed, your summaries make it look like IMRT will be more likely to have long term SE’s - compared to SBRT, for which it characterizes long term SE’s as ‘rarely’…
The bottom line is that either one ‘can’ give short and long term SE’s in different individuals under different circumstances.
Also remember that AI is a compilation of snippets culled from the internet and doesn’t always discriminate when it comes to the fine print.
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Here’s some more information about Long-term and short term side effects that was posted by a doctor in one of the recent conferences.