My radiation started concurrent with hormone therapy no delays waiting for hormone therapy 4-6 weeks
Why does Europe, Netherlands, do seve... - Prostate Cancer N...
Why does Europe, Netherlands, do seven(7)sessions of radiation therapy and the US do up to forty-two (42)?
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It's called fee-for-service medicine. Real simple.
In US, the radiation oncology units and physicians would be impacted economically and may be reluctant to adopt this approach. In Europe, the opposite, more patients treated for the same public health care money. Treatment efficiency is the same.
I did 5 in the US 10 years ago. Since ASTRO recommended moderate hypofractionation, all top institutions are offering less:
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It's a good idea to wait a couple of months to begin radiation to give hormone therapy time to radiosensitize the cancer. 2 months is probably enough.
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