It was the trip to Jacksonville that convinced me that not only was proton right for me, so was Jacksonville (even though it had only been open a little more than one year- this was mid-2007). Ultimately it was the Marckini book, a lot of emails and phone calls to past and present patients, and the strong urging of someone then undergoing proton treatment in Jacksonville who kept urging me to go there for a consultation (I had a consultation already scheduled for Loma Linda, and even with the distance from the east coast, I more or less figured that's where I would likely go). Started out somewhat biased against radiation in general and I was going to have robotic surgery. I was one of those that had proton treatment (in Jacksonville). However, when we search for statistics, we have not been able to locate statistics specific to proton beam treatment.
considering radical prostatectomy and proton radiation therapy (the closest proton facility to me is Bloomington, IN).Īs we move toward a treatment decision, we find the proton treatment option desirable based on the expectation of lower rates of post treatment side effects which are largly based upon the logical argument that the Bragg Peak nature of the proton radiation beam would minimize adverse effects beyond the prostate. Gleason 3+3=6, PSA 1.4, two biopsy cores positive. Can anyone point us to statistics regarding long term cure rates, reoccurrence rates and/or side effects specific to proton radiation beam treatment? I noticed a few of you have opted for proton radiation treatment. If the results for proton treatment show fewer rates of long term side effects than other prostate cancer treatment options, why are the statistics not more readily available? I believe proton radiation has been used to treat PC at Loma Linda since the early 90s, so one would believe that data is available.
The results we find are for External Beam Radiation Therapy (proton & photon combined). We still are considering radical prostatectomy and proton radiation therapy (the closest proton facility to me is Bloomington, IN).Īs we move toward a treatment decision, we find the proton treatment option desirable based on the expectation of lower rates of post treatment side effects which are largly based upon the logical argument that the Bragg Peak nature of the proton radiation beam would minimize adverse effects beyond the prostate. My wife and have been exploring treatment options and have decided, that for my situation: Gleason 3+3=6, PSA 1.4, two biopsy cores positive, as well as my personal preferences after research, we will rule out radiation seeds and focal cryosurgery.
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