I think the University of Florida, Proton Institute has it right when they say, \u201cWelcome to the Proton Era, HARDER on cancer. EASIER on you.\u201d My PSA Nov. 28, 2006 is less than 0.2, and with no side effects, it\u2019s surely easier!<\/p>\n
Dr. Stephen B. Strum, MD\u2019s and Donna Pogliano\u2019s book A Primer on Prostate Cancer second edition, is a great reference and by reputation, Dr. Strum is probably the leading specialist in managing Prostate Cancer \u201crelapse\u201d.<\/p>\n
This book mentions \u201cProton Treatment\u201d but is out of date since there is in fact a \u201cpeer reviewed\u201d fifteen year report available and, there are now five operating \u201cProton Centers\u201d with Bloomington, Indiana\u2019s Midwest Radio Therapy Center, M.D. Anderson in Houston and in my last \u201cBlog\u201d entry, the University of Florida\u2019s Proton Institute in Jacksonville, Florida, joining the well established Loma Linda Proton Treatment Center. Also the new Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center that draws on experience in the use of Protons dating back to 1961, when Harvard Medical Center and Mass General Hospital collaborated in using Protons.<\/p>\n
I read and re-read his Appendix A through C and found them to be wonderful references, web sites etc., and have visited many. The lead-in to Chapter F they say, \u201cThe facts ma\u2019am, just the facts\u201d, a great point and combined with the need for a second opinion on your condition, I would say crucial to your decision on a treatment regimen.<\/p>\n
The author\u2019s have a difference of opinion on \u201cInvasive\u201d, my definition is anything that physically pokes a hole in you as in Prostate Surgery of any kind, and Brachytherapy is invasive, and Protons that do not cut the external protective layer called skin, I define as non-invasive. Back to my point in an earlier blog entry, why do anything invasive when the proton is non-invasive.<\/p>\n
My facts are simple, seven years and three months since completion of Proton treatment and today December 1, 2006, NO Side Effects!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think the University of Florida, Proton Institute has it right when they say, \u201cWelcome to the Proton Era, HARDER on cancer. EASIER on you.\u201d My PSA Nov. 28, 2006 is less than 0.2, and with no side effects, it\u2019s surely easier! Dr. Stephen B. Strum, MD\u2019s and Donna Pogliano\u2019s book A Primer on Prostate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prostateblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}