 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Thr RT is probably more prophylactic in nature since the brachytherapy is highly targeted.
In PBT therapy they also add IMRT becuase of the precise nature of PBT.
It's not much different than surgery in that they want to insure clean margins. They are just using RT for that.
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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