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Sbrt is focused radiation treatment. Gold fiducials are implanted in the target area of the pancreas via EUS. The fiducials are targeted during the radiation which creates a pattern like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. That way the target gets the main radiation and the rest of the body receives minimal exposure. In my wife's case, they used photon radiation and the tumor was 100% necrotic after 5 treatments. There are a limited number of facilities with the technology to perform sbrt.

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Hello again. Thanks for the info about sbrt. I have been reading about. It seems like it accomplishes what regular external radiation does in a much shorter time. I don't know if there is a downside..I would also like to know which treatment centers are doing it..sorry to hear about metastasis. For your wife she has been through so much..wishing you both well.