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Hello Group,

Thanks Alan for your information chalked full post...a bit difficult to

read not being in the med. field,but I'm still reading. A thought

keeps coming to me. If Proton Beam Therapy has fewer side effects due

to the way that it delivers the radiation, thus missing important

organs, and does not exit the body, then, common sense dictates that

side effects would be less. I know that one of the side effects that

the oncologist initially told us of was the 30% chance of impotency w/

IMRT. Also, wouldn't this side effect not be a side effect with Proton

Beam Therapy? Or is permanent potency problems a part of PBT too?

I would appreciate all ideas before tomorrow.