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Edited on Sun Sep-05-10 06:22 AM by Syrinx
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL ADVICE.
It's really a friend. I promise.
A friend of mine recently found out that he has a small tumor in his lung.
My friend went through a maze of doctors, until he finally found himself on the doorstep of an actual oncologist.
That doctor prescribed a series of 30 radiation treatments over six weeks, and four chemotherapy sessions over the same time frame.
He then sent my friend to the radiation specialist, who he said would be my friend's "most important doctor."
The most important doctor canceled the chemo, and told my friend about a new type of radiation therapy, that will only require three to six sessions, as opposed to thirty.
He also said that my friend will feel like "going out to eat" after each session.
I don't want to get into gory details, or anything. But I'm wondering if anyone knows about this new kind of radiation treatment.
Maybe it's old hat in some parts of the country, but I'm in Alabama. And it was at a county-owned hospital.
Thanks.
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