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That guide has one inaccurate piece of information saying that proton treatments are experimental or at least their writing leads you to that conclusion. I wrote to them about this and never received an answer. I find so much bias against proton without a good reason for that bias.
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The PCF website mentions that the Patient Guide has been divided into two guides: Early dx/tx (newly revised) and later tx (under construction).
Treatment techniques and protocols are changing regularly, and Proton tx has evolved from experimental to more mainstream. Similarly, ADT therapy protocols have evolved.
My personal view is that all the mainstream radiation txs at major tx facilities are comparable.
I had IMRT salvage radiation at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and a friend is receiving proton salvage radiation at Sibley Memorial, a Johns Hopkins facility in DC.