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@brianjarvis Thanks brian, nope have small right lobe, small left lobe, so nobody interested in focal or basically anything with me outside standard photon stuff. Several brachy turned me down, hifu and tulsa as a repeat turned me down, all due to right and left areas albeit they are both small. As mentioned in post above locally offered Varian ETHOS, 5 session 36.25 Gy, barrigel, all that. Just originally in 2023 tried to get into proton, and trying again this last month real hard and again no luck. Locally offered are the Varian ETHOS and Varian Truebeam. Look I had thyroid cancer and radiation twice, maybe why I got prostate cancer because there is iodine uptake in prostate and I had that radioactive iodine twice. So by my luck that 36.25 Gy ETHOS photons will make another cancer for me in ten years. So really wanted something else, just all turned down at this point and down to Varian ETHOS or Varian Truebeam. I tried hard to get Brachy, pubic arch interference stopped that. ADT will be hard, real hard for me with thyroid hormones as the two interfere big time.

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@bjroc Are the ones turning you down for proton the doctors/hospitals or is it the insurance companies?