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Photon Radiation Treatment After Effects FYI
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 24 5:43pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
Did you have a radiation machine with a built in mri? Did they put spaceoar in a week or so before your treatment?
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@bens1, they haven't figure out how to make the proton equipment compatible with MRI, yet.
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@bens1 They used a CT scan for treatment planning, not MRI. The radiation machine uses IGRT and IMRT during treatment. My oncologist never mentioned the spaceoar but did make me go get "gold seeds" which I found out later from another radiation oncologist was a stupid idea as the machine technology was such that it targeted the area on it's own. My guy made me wait 4 months from my first visit until I actually had my first treatment. Getting those seeds took waiting 1.5 months to get an appt with my urologist to do it.