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Trying to decide on treatment for prostate cancer

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Hi,
In my humble non medical opinion Proton therapy with ADT is the way to go. Proton has a fixed beam length which stops at the tumor site. No damage past the tumor which would impact your bladder or colon. There are some newer ADT drugs in pill form which have milder side effects. Your doctor team should be able to advise.

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Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 6 days ago

@clevelandguy
At the Mayo Clinic monthly online meeting a couple of days ago, the radiation oncologist discussed proton radiation. He said the Mayo Clinic now has four proton machines and is adding two more. He said he personally has only used it twice. When people ask about it, he tells them that there is really no significant difference between proton and photon.

This is from a radiologist at Mayo, Interesting point of view.

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