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Starting Proton Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Any experiences?
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Interesting! How many days apart were the 5 treatments ? One treatment 5 consecutive days? Or 1 treatment a week for 5 weeks? Or?
I am working with Fred Hutchinson cancer center in Seattle- I will ask my Doctor if they do the 5 treatment therapy. That could be helpful for me because I live in Montana & will be traveling to Seattle for treatment. Thanks for the feedback & hope your PSA stays down.
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Treatments at Mayo Phoenix are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Wednesday. My oncologist wanted 28 treatments till I said I had checked out the 5 treatment Cyberknife radiation and all of a sudden, he could do the 5-proton treatment protocol at Mayo that Rochester has been doing for a while. A study in England that was on BBC news also stated that the 5 treatments are better than 20 or more. PC is slow growing and can't repair itself if hit with high doses of radiation in a short period of time. After I got to see the bills to Medicare, I can see why he wanted to do 28 treatments rather than five $$$$$$$$$$$