Proton Beam?

Bearing in mind the well know advantages Proton Beam has for cancers of the head, it's disappointing that the treatment does not afford similarly good results for PCa than less exotic radiation. This is an impartial conclusion of the NHS. It's surprising that with Proton therapy having been done since the nineteen fifties, more comparisons haven't been made with surgery and conventional radiation. This site compares treatment that a large number of men had and how men fared according to whether they were low, middle or high risk. The results for risk do differ but if you look at the individual ellipse for each treatment, seeds, particularly with EBRT added seem to give best results while Proton Therapy is not up with the best albeit with fewer numbers. It also has to be remembered that this is for primary rather than salvage treatment. https://prostatecancerfree.org/compare-prostate-cancer-treatments/

Edited by member 23 Jun 2020 at 21:52  | Reason: to highlight link