Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hi, I am a group member as my brother has early detected prostate cancer, gleason score 6. He can't handle the side effects of surgery and we will probabaly go with radiation. Is there a good website or info describing the different types of radiation now available and side effects? many thanks, Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 On November 24, Dana Jaffe inquired: (snip) I admire the helping hand, but I recommend helping Brother to do his own studying. That way, he'll get information at first hand. > Is there a good website or info describing the different types of radiation now available and side effects? These are the types of RT (radiation therapy): IMRT: intensity-modulated RT (various methods and brand names) IGRT: image-guided RT, a more sophisticated targeting method 3D-CRT: Rather outmoded, but still used in various places Proton: The above use photons. Permanent brachytherapy, aka " seeds " : Placement of tiny radioactive pellets in the gland High-Dose brachytherapy: temporary insertion of highly-radioactive wires, withdrawn after a short interval To learn more, I recommend that he go to the encyclopedic and objective website of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) at http://prostate-cancer.org/index.html and search on the above terms. He'll also find a great amount of other useful information. Also: Google the terms. Bear in mind that we are all different, and the side effects (SEs) vary greatly from patient to patient. Regards, Steve J " Find people who are more interested in helping you to learn than teaching you what they think you need to know. Pay heed first to those who will help you to learn, e..g, how to do an Internet Web search. " -- Young, PCa mentor Phoenix 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 On November 24, Dana Jaffe inquired: (snip) I admire the helping hand, but I recommend helping Brother to do his own studying. That way, he'll get information at first hand. > Is there a good website or info describing the different types of radiation now available and side effects? These are the types of RT (radiation therapy): IMRT: intensity-modulated RT (various methods and brand names) IGRT: image-guided RT, a more sophisticated targeting method 3D-CRT: Rather outmoded, but still used in various places Proton: The above use photons. Permanent brachytherapy, aka " seeds " : Placement of tiny radioactive pellets in the gland High-Dose brachytherapy: temporary insertion of highly-radioactive wires, withdrawn after a short interval To learn more, I recommend that he go to the encyclopedic and objective website of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) at http://prostate-cancer.org/index.html and search on the above terms. He'll also find a great amount of other useful information. Also: Google the terms. Bear in mind that we are all different, and the side effects (SEs) vary greatly from patient to patient. Regards, Steve J " Find people who are more interested in helping you to learn than teaching you what they think you need to know. Pay heed first to those who will help you to learn, e..g, how to do an Internet Web search. " -- Young, PCa mentor Phoenix 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 On November 24, Dana Jaffe inquired: (snip) I admire the helping hand, but I recommend helping Brother to do his own studying. That way, he'll get information at first hand. > Is there a good website or info describing the different types of radiation now available and side effects? These are the types of RT (radiation therapy): IMRT: intensity-modulated RT (various methods and brand names) IGRT: image-guided RT, a more sophisticated targeting method 3D-CRT: Rather outmoded, but still used in various places Proton: The above use photons. Permanent brachytherapy, aka " seeds " : Placement of tiny radioactive pellets in the gland High-Dose brachytherapy: temporary insertion of highly-radioactive wires, withdrawn after a short interval To learn more, I recommend that he go to the encyclopedic and objective website of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) at http://prostate-cancer.org/index.html and search on the above terms. He'll also find a great amount of other useful information. Also: Google the terms. Bear in mind that we are all different, and the side effects (SEs) vary greatly from patient to patient. Regards, Steve J " Find people who are more interested in helping you to learn than teaching you what they think you need to know. Pay heed first to those who will help you to learn, e..g, how to do an Internet Web search. " -- Young, PCa mentor Phoenix 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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