whilted,

The reason I asked about CRT location - my sister returned to our small city to have it done. I don't know whether it really would have mattered, but there were differences in equipment - and timeline.

Mayo, if I recalled was three weeks long - whereas our hospital's oncology department provided five weeks of CRT.

The answer as to why Mayo did it in three weeks vs five was pretty technical and related, I believe, to dosage and accuracy of the equipment. Again, while I don't know if it would have changed the outcome, it was one thing we could have done - stay in Rochester for the three weeks.