Re: preparation for radiation

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To all of you looking for treatment options look at proton therapy.My husband finished with no side effects .Most doctors will not mention it as they are not going to send their bread and butter surgery to proton.Check it out.Florida has proton .Harvard ,Loma , ,Indiana university and Okla. city. It is the way of the future of radiation and can be for other cancers as well.It is so accurate it can take a tumor off the optic nerve and not damage the optic nerve.Research all options to make the right decision.Suzy

Re: preparation for radiation

Alan, returning to something you said before; were you saying that the order of treatment choice would be 1) hormonal 2) chemo 3) SRT ? Thanks Doug in Durham> Alan, are seeds used in SRT? Doug in DurhamNo.Seeds are only used in an intact prostate.SRT is done with external beam radiation. You lie on a table with your pants down while an x-ray machine zapsyou from various angles.You don't need anesthetics and you don't feel a thing.Alan