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Is 60 Gy / 20 fractions “strong enough”?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 23 4:03pm | Replies (7)
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External therapy is suboptimal. Internal beam rate therapy avoiding irradiating non prostate healthy tissue can deliver the optimal dose. Seeds aka interstitial radiotherspy aka ‘LDR’ brachytherapy has the best
track record. Go to You-Tube video Brachyherapy 101 to start. It has dropped from 17% to 7% in
the US whereas it is increasing in the EU. It is the lowest $$$

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brianjarvis | @brianjarvis | May 23 4:03pm

@thmssllvn I have heard that here in the U.S., the insurance reimbursement rates are lower for brachytherapy than for external beam radiation treatments.
(I’m 5 years post-proton radiation treatments. So far, PSA is staying low and have had no adverse after-effects.)

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