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Husband disgnosed stage 1: Should he wait 5 months for second opinion?
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@txaiman
The eight weeks is the key. I also had eight weeks of radiation. No side effects at all. It’s the people that are getting 20 weeks and 28 weeks that are having problems because they get more radiation with every session and that seems to cause the urinary and rectal problems.
We were definitely lucky to get it when we did. Insurance companies love the lower number of sessions.
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@jeffmarc
Yes, I was so happy when my husband got almost 7 weeks of RT - it is demanding schedule time-wise, but it produces less side effects and is worth it IMHO. He is now in the middle of his 4th week and doing just fine. *knock the wood 🍀🧿
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@jeffmarc 20 fractions in 4 weeks or 28 fractions in 6 weeks; quite a few are also getting 25 fractions in 5 weeks now. All of these have higher Gys per fraction compared to the 8 week course of 37-40 fractions.