FYI ONLY-New Proton Therapy Institute

Feb2010
Feb2010 Member Posts: 51
edited March 2014 in Prostate Cancer #1
The Hampton Roads area in Virginia will have its own proton therapy institute. It will be operational in August. I have indicated on my other posts that I'm now considering proton therapy instead of surgery. Bringing the treatment closer to home makes it even better.

http://www.hamptonproton.org/

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  • Trew
    Trew Member Posts: 932 Member
    #2
    Good News
    Big population in this area of VA and they could use a proton center. Good news.

    More and more of these centers are being built all the time. And more and more men will bypass surgery and opt for proton therapy.
  • TEMENOS
    TEMENOS Member Posts: 1
    #3
    Proton therapy and hormone treatments
    Location, location, location! Did you make your decision?

    I am trying to find out if one can have proton therapy plus hormone treatments (Lupron & Casodex). Any ideas?
  • Trew
    Trew Member Posts: 932 Member
    #4
    TEMENOS said:

    Proton therapy and hormone treatments
    Location, location, location! Did you make your decision?

    I am trying to find out if one can have proton therapy plus hormone treatments (Lupron & Casodex). Any ideas?

    Yes
    I was on hormone therapy (Eligard) and had 15 proton and 25 external rad at LLU. I know it is done, but usually when the hormone treatment is started it indicates a high gleason or positive margins which may also call for a combination of proton and exteranl beam radiation like I had which is still better than external beam alone.

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