Thank you for your kind thoughts friends.
TechGuy
I did wonder about Proton Beam as there is virtually no damage to cells after the targeted tumour although some small damage building up to it to it. (The Bragg Peak). However, I have already had 30 x 2 gy of IMRT plus 6 x 3 gy of Carbon ions (where the latter pack more punch than Protons) directed at my Prostate and I doubt very much whether anybody will give me more RT or Hadron Treatment to the Prostate. The last MRI I had revealed a tumour thought to be the size of a grain of rice and before doing the subsequent template biopsy just over a year ago the surgeon told me he would do well to 'hit' it. In the event he did and the following PSA was the only one since that that has not produced an increase in PSA. I reasoned that the fall could have been because part of the tumour had been removed in a biopsy core. I thought if the probe used to remove the core had been rather larger, perhaps the whole of the tumour might have been 'grabbed' but perhaps no suitable instrument is available or there are other reasons why this is not feasible. The tumour is very close to my rectum, "there's the rub".
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if nothing additional shows up in my forthcoming MRI, when I send my Scan to Heidelberg to inquire about TULSA-PRO, I will ask whether they would treat with more Carbon ions or Protons. They have more experience than any facility in London and have a synchrotron to give either form of Hadron Therapy which the UK lacks as here :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeApaY7ctMo
I will only opt for treatment when I have obtained opinions on and assessed all that might be suitable.
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