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I haven't studied radiation since I am not quite at that point (my MO doesn't think I should do radiation yet).

SBRT or single dose (SDRT)? Which is better? For obvious reasons, SDRT has more appeal from a convenience standpoint.

This is a metastudy of SBRT: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/309...

Study of SDRT: ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.120...

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Tall_Allen

It depends on where it is and what your expectations are

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Makes sense. I don't think I should waste much energy looking into RT yet.

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GP24

I know a doctor who has been using single-dose SBRT for years now. I think the result is the same whether you use one, three or five SBRT sessions. Compared with the many sessions for IMRT this is more convenient for the patient.

You remember correctly. I'm not doing RT today. I'm not planning on going of the high test though so, if the cancer returns I might be forced to do RT.

No decision at all yet and I'm not going to spend anymore energy looking into RT. Hopefully a bridge I never have to cross.

Russ

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