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Question #21340
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igrt radiotherapy - #21340

Meera

I am struggling to make sense of this whole igrt radiotherapy thing. A few months ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after a lot of back and forth with my doctors, we decided to go with igrt radiotherapy since my tumors are pretty localized. I thought I understood the whole process, but now that I'm going through it, I feel kinda lost. They mentioned how igrt radiotherapy uses imaging to target the cancer cells more accurately, which sounded great, but I can't help but wonder, how does that actually work in practice? Like, I thought radiotherapy was just blasting the area with radiation, but there's more to it with this igrt stuff. I've had a couple of sessions and sometimes I feel some weird soreness, maybe it's normal? Or is it the treatment? It's also hard to know what to expect since people say different things about the side effects of igrt radiotherapy. Is the soreness a part of it or should I be concerned? And what about long-term effects? I know they say it's precise, but does that guarantee no collateral damage? Any insights would really help. Thanks, everyone!

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