newer radiotherapy?

[boromir18]

I have locally advanced PCa ( prostate bed and adjacent lymph node). Cannot have salvage radiation (EBRT) as bowel is too close to prostate bed and I have a metal hip joint. is SABR still a possiblilty?

[Tall_Allen]

You may want to consult with Alison Tree at Royal Marsden. She uses the Elekta Unity platform which may be useful in your case.

[Justfor_]

Your metal hip will deflect the magnetic fields of the mr-guided RT and thus allienate any precision properties, if you could ever persuade a RO to employ it in your case.

[j-o-h-n]

Greetings boromir18,

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[boromir18 in reply to j-o-h-n]

HiI have now updated my profile

In addition I live in Edinburgh UK

[Engraver68]

Alison Tree was running a SABR trial called the TRAP trial, funded by Prostate Cancer UK.

I was able to have some SABR treatment through the trial to a single metastasis back in August 2020.

They do make a mould to position you in the correct position prior to treatment to target the beam accurately

[bean1008]

See if you can find a trial for ‘neutron radiation’… it has been very successful with other cancers and it’s supposed to be quite promising with prostate. It has a super small focal point and very powerful…you only need a few sessions. I was at a clinical trial at the University of Washington for it but I was in the control group so didn’t actually have it.