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gray dosage

LaCh
LaCh CSN Member Posts: 557
in Anal Cancer #1

Anyone know if 53.6 grays (total for treatment) is a large dosage?

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  • mp327
    mp327 CSN Member Posts: 4,440 Member
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    Gray dosage

    This seems to be a fairly common dosage for 6 weeks of treatment in Stage 1 or 2 tumors.  I had a total of 54 gys and was on the fence between a 1 and a 2.  From everything I've read, 59 gys is maximum.

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  • lizdeli
    lizdeli CSN Member Posts: 569 Member
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    mp327 said:

    Gray dosage

    This seems to be a fairly common dosage for 6 weeks of treatment in Stage 1 or 2 tumors.  I had a total of 54 gys and was on the fence between a 1 and a 2.  From everything I've read, 59 gys is maximum.

    Dosage

    I had 57 gys and was stage IIIa.

    Liz

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  • mxperry220
    mxperry220 CSN Member Posts: 497 Member
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    Grays

    I could not tell you what my dosage was.  I was strictly relying on my doctor'e expertise.  This reading means nothing to me since I am not a doctor.  I am 4 years post treatment.

    Mike

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  • Porter
    Porter CSN Member Posts: 5
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    I had 5040, not the max at

    I had 5040, not the max at 5400.  I was stage 2, (the internal tumor stage 1) no lymph involvement.  They counted some external growths in order to come about at stage 2. 

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