CancerCompass message board discussion started by branch987 on 4/18/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23192,0.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I have been researching proton radiation as a treatment option for myself. There are few long term evaluations except the one done at Loma Linda.It was a fairly positive account. There is also a web site and the book by Robert Marckini who is on an advisory counsel there. All are quite complimentary.I would appreciate any unbiased or possibly negative feedback ;if there is such a thing. Thanks very much.  Ray. branch987 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT You might wish to visit www.yananow.net for this info.George Georgealbert Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Also visit cyberknifesupport.org forum.  Think you can do a search there for any posts referring to "proton" or "proton beam".http://www.cyberknifesupport.org/forum/default.aspx?f=10  " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyberknifesupport.org/forum/default.aspx?f=10 &nbs There are three or four doctor who regularly post at this forum, often in response to reader questions.  I remember having seen some discussion of proton beam treatment option there.Cyberknife is a newer, more precise way of delivering HDR Brachytherapy which has very good success rate for localized PCa.  CK is noninvasive, in comparison to either LDR permanent seed implants or HDR Brachytherapy, as it uses a robotic delivery of the radiation in four or five treatments.  Early reults are reported very good, and the thinking is incontinence and impotence side effects will be much lower rate of occurrence due to the robotic precision.  Rectum wall and urethea areas can be deliberately and precisely avoided in targeting the radiation in the prostate gland, and the robot delivers the doses from many different angles to spare the skin from overdose. I think CK uses the traditional x-ray radiation beams as compared to the proton type radiation beams. http://www.cyberknifesupport.org/forum/default.aspx?f=10 FredB Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT