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Proton Therapy with Hip Replacement

Posted by pbmurf @pbmurf, Sep 10, 2023

Hi All,
I've been diagnosed with prostate cancer Gleason 7 in 2 cores.
I'm trying to check out proton therapy but one center in Florida said they couldn't do it because I have bilateral hip replacements.
Does anyone have any experience with this?

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 10, 2023

@pbmurf Welcome to Mayo Connect. Your discussion title piqued my curiosity because I have bilateral hip implants (though I have no Prostate gland 😉)
Here is what Johns Hopkins has to say about it:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prostate-cancer/proton-therapy-for-prostate-cancer#
You may want to check with a specialized cancer treatment center in a large teaching hospital, or with Mayo in Jacksonville, to see if any workaround has been developed.
Sue

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pbmurf | @pbmurf | Sep 11, 2023
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@sueinmn

@pbmurf Welcome to Mayo Connect. Your discussion title piqued my curiosity because I have bilateral hip implants (though I have no Prostate gland 😉)
Here is what Johns Hopkins has to say about it:
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prostate-cancer/proton-therapy-for-prostate-cancer#
You may want to check with a specialized cancer treatment center in a large teaching hospital, or with Mayo in Jacksonville, to see if any workaround has been developed.
Sue

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Thank You so much
I will follow up.

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