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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / April 2005Radiation Overdose
Following article for info: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050402/D897GRO80.html Might not hurt to ask about machine calibration if getting RAD. I'm sure they will say everything is A-OK, but might save some grief later. Anticipated side effects can be bad enough - I know from experience. George Age - 70 8/12/02 - PSA 3.7 10/13/03 - PSA 4.69 11/11/03 - PSA 4.8 11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8 all other cores benign tissue 12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist MD 12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron (2nd 4 mo Lupron-4/26) 2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04 No seeds due to Prostate problems 8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron 1/14/05 - Removed implant - trying intermittant HT for a while. George... This is very sad...77 men were affected, 12 died and the center was only fined $1000?...their checks and balance system failed... Keith Lundy/So. California 40 Proton Beam Radiation Treatments Loma Linda Univ.Med Ctr..3/03-5/03 > George... > This is very sad...77 men were affected, 12 died and the center was only [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 40 Proton Beam Radiation Treatments > Loma Linda Univ.Med Ctr..3/03-5/03 Makes you wonder whether the technicians giving the RAD treatments really know much about the machines they operate. I had 42 IMRT and 2 different times the machine stopped in the middle of a treatment and had to be "reset". Did I get an improper dose at the moment the machine malfunctioned?? They said not, but..... do they really know. The machine I used was in use constantly from 6AM until after 5PM 5 days a week. I often wonder if, how and when sufficient maintenance and calibration was performed I asked the same question about a "stop and start" and was told that the dose never changes as they re-start the program... Keith Lundy/So. California 40 Proton Beam Radiation Treatments Loma Linda Univ.Med Ctr..3/03-5/03 >> George... >> This is very sad...77 men were affected, 12 died and the center was only [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > used was in use constantly from 6AM until after 5PM 5 days a week. I often > wonder if, how and when sufficient maintenance and calibration was performed I get the impression that most of the technicians who perform medical services care about the patients but, unfortunately, there are some for whom it's just a job, not a vocation. Also, even for the ones who really care, it's hard to be on your toes 8 hours a day, every day, for your entire working life. But how do you explain that to a man whose dying of radiation burns, or to the woman who has been married to him for 40 years? I work as a computer programmer. If I counted all the errors I've made in my work over the course of 30 years of programming, it would scare anybody. Thankfully, no lives depend on my getting everything right! Alan > >> George... > >> This is very sad...77 men were affected, 12 died and the center was only [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > how do you explain that to a man whose dying of radiation > burns, or to the woman who has been married to him for 40 years? Hello Alan and others, Nobody said anyone died of the extra radiation. It simply says that "77 patients were affected. Twelve have since died" The 12 (or any of them), could have been receiving palliative radiation for end stage cancer. In other words, they could have died from the cancer, not the radiation. J Good point J... Keith Lundy/So. California 40 Proton Beam Radiation Treatments Loma Linda Univ.Med Ctr..3/03-5/03 > Following article for info: > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050402/D897GRO80.html This has more detail - mostly or all brain radiation - seems to imply occurred a year ago. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/02/Hillsborough/77_Moffitt_patients_g.shtml J Thanks..J...the Hillsborough article clarifys the who, what, when, where, why and how's... Keith Lundy/So. California 40 Proton Beam Radiation Treatments Loma Linda Univ.Med Ctr..3/03-5/03 |
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