KRT--My prior e-mail was somewhat abrupt. I don't want to imply that surgery as a treatment for PC is best, but rather that it is final with the potential of a 100% cure. That is why surgery does...
krt--It is not impossible to have a new cancer arise from the residual cells after IMRT but that is unlikely since most PC cells are destroyed and mostly only fibrous tissue (think structural...
KRT--Sorry to be late in getting back to you. In my case three small gold "seeds" were placed in my prostate by the urologist in a procedure similar to the biopsy. Before every IMRT treatment two...
KR---Although Proton Beam may have slightly less side effects than IMRT with image guidence (gold seed Implantation), the long term results may be very similar. But in any case the experience of the...
Dear Trey--Sorry to be late getting back but I had to see my doctor. The tiredness induced by IMRT generally begins after a few weeks. With work you may be stressing yourself, adding to the mental...
Trey---You should feel nothing during or after each IMRT treatment. You major discomfort may be the filled bladder, which enables that organ to rise above the x-ray beam. There is very little cell...
Dear Trey, I am at 39 out of 42 treatments of image guided IMRT and am doing fine. Minor bowel and urinary symptoms not requiring medication or other attention, and no tiredness. Before this began my...