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My dad had a neck dissection his radiology oncologist will be giving my dad radiation using imrt.in your opinion which is better proton or imrt?
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IMRT: Proton therapy has a fancy name and hype about its value, but it offers no substantial advantage over IMRT for neck radiation treatments.
Answered 12/17/2014
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