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Radiation & Recurrence Treatment (Inside & Outside Prostate)

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 4 11:47am | Replies (30)
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@clevelandguy
If you’ve already had radiation treatment, that gave you the maximum amount of radiation to the prostate, then you really can’t radiate it again with proton radiation. You can radiate other spots that weren’t radiated previously.

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clevelandguy | @clevelandguy | Apr 30 9:02pm

@jeffmarc
That’s not true, you can radiate with Proton.

“ In many cases, if a patient has reached their lifetime dose limit from conventional X-ray radiation, proton therapy is the only safe option for further radiation treatment.” from Hutchinson cancer center.

“it is frequently used to treat recurrent tumors in areas that have previously received maximum doses of radiation, a scenario often referred to as re-irradiation.” from Georgetown University.

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