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by cloudsec9
958 days ago
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Your comment doesn't seem consistent, so I'm not sure if it's just disorganized or actually false. You state that non-US healthcare "wouldn't have paid for this either", but later you mention "need to travel to the US because there are no [PB] centers" (which is true).
But then you continue "the doctor wouldn't have even considered it as a treatment option". Now, I'm not an expert at PB treatment, but the fact that patients have to travel would suggest that at least some do that; I'm not sure if the treatment is partially or fully covered. But a quick Google seems to suggest that this option is known, and that there is lobbying to create such a center in Canada; and they acknowledge that the treatment, lasting 6-8 weeks in a distant city can be challenging. But if it isn't an option considered or offered, why bother to build something with no demand? |
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I said "in the case of the patient in the article".
Proton beam therapy is in the clinical guidelines, just not first line for throat cancer (or at least not right now, maybe future evidence will prove otherwise).