 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I got it now - I'm actually more used to the older method of measuring in rads:
8.1cGy x100 = 8100Gy/33=245Gy or
7.2cGy x100 = 7200Gy/33=218Gy or
6.0cGy x100 = 6000Gy/33=181Gy
The last number being the daily "fractional" dose.
Some people get 35 treatments, which would lower the daily fraction a little bit.
My mask was so tight in the beginning that my face looked like fish scales from the impression left by the mesh. It loosened up as I lost weight.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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