 Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 69 Likes: 1 | 2.5" of concrete, 1" of steel and 0.5" of lead all reduce the radiation levels by about half. Very, very roughly.
My treatment started with the continuous arcs and then in the last several they switched to the targeted spot treatment. They called the latter "boost".
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
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