Sterotactic Radiosurgery

Hi, I had two tumors one each in upper and lower right lobes. First, they did the tattoos and then the cast. The tattoo shows where the radiation is to be targeted. The cast is for your use only while receiving SRS so you don't move. You lay on the material and they wet it down, then shape it to your body. It dries quickly. Then you lay in it every time. I had 4 treatments for each tumor lasting 20 mins. each. They gave me a break in between. I did end up with esophagitis, very bad sore throat and hard to swallow. I used the magic mouthwash and it was gone within 10 days. I also used Prilosec for heartburn. I wasn't tired and never felt sick. My problem now is radiation scarring to the pectoral muscle and under the armpit. Though targeted, you have to remember that it has to go in and come back out somewhere. This was due to the location of the one tumor, so basically unavoidable. I have pain when I overdo it, but I'm doing very well overall. I started chemo within two weeks and I'm presently NED. Hi, I had two tumors one each in upper and lower right lobes. First, they did the tattoos and then the cast. The tattoo shows where the radiation is to be targeted. The cast is for your use only while receiving SRS so you don't move. You lay on the material and they wet it down, then shape it to your body. It dries quickly. Then you lay in it every time. I had 4 treatments for each tumor lasting 20 mins. each. They gave me a break in between. I did end up with esophagitis, very bad sore throat and hard to swallow. I used the magic mouthwash and it was gone within 10 days. I also used Prilosec for heartburn. I wasn't tired and never felt sick. My problem now is radiation scarring to the pectoral muscle and under the armpit. Though targeted, you have to remember that it has to go in and come back out somewhere. This was due to the location of the one tumor, so basically unavoidable. I have pain when I overdo it, but I'm doing very well overall. I started chemo within two weeks and I'm presently NED.

Stereotactic radiosurgery is a type of external beam radiation therapy utilizes very precise and multiple beams in a small number of treatment fractions (one to five), and with a high dose delivered per treatment fraction. Often times radiosurgery is a terminology people refer to for a single fraction and stereotactic radiosurgery when it is more than one fraction- up to five, but the terms are relatively interchangeable. There is no surgery or cutting involved, as the treatment is non-invasive. Radiosurgery can be used to treat lesions in the brain, such as brain metastases, for spine metastases, and in the body for primary lung tumors, lung metastases, other organ metastases, and now to the prostate as primary treatment. Because of the ablative response of the tumor to this type of treatment it is now also known as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, or SABR. Stereotactic radiosurgery is a type of external beam radiation therapy utilizes very precise and multiple beams in a small number of treatment fractions (one to five), and with a high dose delivered per treatment fraction. Often times radiosurgery is a terminology people refer to for a single fraction and stereotactic radiosurgery when it is more than one fraction- up to five, but the terms are relatively interchangeable. There is no surgery or cutting involved, as the treatment is non-invasive. Radiosurgery can be used to treat lesions in the brain, such as brain metastases, for spine metastases, and in the body for primary lung tumors, lung metastases, other organ metastases, and now to the prostate as primary treatment. Because of the ablative response of the tumor to this type of treatment it is now also known as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, or SABR.