Hi Monte,
Your heading is a bit of a sweeping statement! Certainly Hadron treatment has been shown to be best for heads and neck tumours but the theoretical advantages for PCa have been less well proven notwithstanding the popularity of Proton Beam in the USA for this cancer. According to this analysis of studies, Proton Beam does not compare that well for PCa with some other treatments, especially low dose Brachytherapy with seeds plus EBRT.:-- https://prostatecancerfree.org/compare-prostate-cancer-treatments-high-risk/
All here are of course happy that no cancer was seen in your pet scans and hope that PCa is never a problem for you again. Furthermore, we wouldn't wish to dampen your natural jubilation with your result. However, it is still early days and Prostate Cancer in many cases does come back, sometimes even as much as 10 years or so later. Much, thoughnot all depends on the staging. I am a case in point where nothing was seen in my scans for 2 years post RT but by 8 years scans and a template biopsy identified a small tumour in my Prostate and there was possible spread to an iliac lymph node. (Incidentally, I had IMRT plus Carbon Ion boost, similar to Proton Beam but packing more punch in Germany).
Because we don't have Proton Beam for PCa in the UK it is particularly interesting to have a member who has had this treatment and we hope you will continue to let us know that you are doing well as time goes by.
Edited by member 15 Mar 2018 at 02:44
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