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@heavyphil
Hi Phil : ))),
This is a link to the study that was done on this institution and they now follow those findings.
https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(05)01707-4/fulltext
Prostate bed has some movements too and markers just add to precision targeting. Yes, every time a scan is done before treatment but those markers give them more precise adjustments.
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@surftohealth88 Well, anything that adds to the precision of the dosage has got to be a good thing.
I think the newer machines - mine was a Varian TruBeam - incorporate software into that cone beam scan before treatment in order to make these positional adjustments daily; as far as making them ‘dynamic’ - ie, during treatment I don’t think so…
And you know, that article was 21 years old so who knows how far they’ve come?
But if your RO says to do it - and you trust him to know what he’s talking about - you do it. I certainly would !
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Phil
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@surftohealth88
That sounds like they are serious about accuracy, all for the better. Do they leave them in place after the radiation?