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Anyone have HDR Brachytherapy and Proton beam therapy combo?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 16 8:16pm | Replies (12)
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I was PSA 7.1 with Gleeson 3+4 snd 4+3 and had 5 weeks IMRT followed by one high dose brachytherapy “boost” procedure as my Rao termed it. I also had six months of Orgovyx ADT pills.

Neither the IMRT or the HDR procedure were a big deal save for the five weeks of daily treatments.

Now 11 months post treatment I am happy to report my PSA is .1 snd I have zero side effects

You should inquire with your clinicians about IMRT vs SBRT. I agree with Jeff that this the idea of HDR with SBRT is a new concept for me

Best of luck to you

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Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Feb 16 11:44am

@capatov
Is your PSA .1 or is it less than .1 (< .1). Since you’ve had radiation, it doesn’t matter all that much, just wondered.

That really is a good combination of treatment, I suspect it will give you many years of remission.

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