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| Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | Noble,
I’ve had Proton Radiation about five years, which is the most precise and strongest type of radiation we have in the U.S., and believe it helped cure my cancer after four years and 7 recurrences and primary cancer.
It’s good you know of a center that drs it as the are about 29 places. There is a newer type Proton Radiation that is administered like IMRT called IMPT, as earlier type is timely as rad setting or zap. actually protons makes no noise unlike the zaps with IMRT, which I did twice. I did iORT twice during surgery and finally Proton Radiation.
Previously, it was restricted to certain head and neck cancers and recurrences. Now I understand it’s available to first line patients. You would need to be evaluated by the Proton center to see what’s best.
Good luck
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil 11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp 01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks 06/11 30 HBO 08/11 RND PNI 06/12 SND PNI LVI 08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy 10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux 10/13 SND 10/13 TBO/Angiograph 10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI 12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo 11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO 03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN 09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy 04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site 06/17 Heart Attack Stent 02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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