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4 + 3 = 7: Should I involve a prostate cancer specialist?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 2 11:00am | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
I have an appointment with a CyberKnife facility today and I will go from there. The CyberKife is 5 treatments and their machine tracks prostate movement in real time as you are in a CT scanner from what I have read. % high doses seems way better than 28 for Proton. They both claim to spare healthy tissue but when you read the area targeted it is the whole prostate and 1.5 cm of the seminal vesicles even though my lesion is only 7 mm and on one side. That is one of the questions I have for the doctor today as to why.
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My RO told me that the normal procedure is to cover the whole prostate and that the millimeters beyond that can affect healthy tissue. Picking the radiation machines that limits those millimeters made sense to me. Some machines set margins greater than 4 mm, the MRIdian margins were set to 2 mm for me. MRI shows a clearer picture of healthy tissue, CT less so. I am not a dr but that’s what I have heard and so far my side effects are minimal from the MRIdian.
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You might want to look at Viewray’s MRIdian. Only machine that has radiation and MRI built into the machine to see healthy tissue more clearly. 2 mm margins (ask about the margins in other radiation machines) and automatic turn off. 5 Treatments.