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@jim18 You wrote, "I have never heard of a RO do partial treatment of the prostate like they do with lungs, brain, etc. just focusing on ablating the lesion with SBRT." I too asked about that approach and was told that SBRT is given to the entire prostate and not focused solely on the tumor or lesion(s).

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@n227rv The prostate is both small and non-essential for life. Lungs and brain, not so much...