LASER

Last week, we met with the radiation study team at BC Cancer. I've been accepted into the SIMPLIFY study and am being randomized into one of two arms: 

• Arm "A" is a single dose of stereotactic radiation given one time 
• Arm "B" is five doses of stereotactic radiation given over five consecutive days

The amount of radiation in Arm A is the biological equivalent of the same dose received over five days with Arm B (it's not simply five times as much, but has to do with a lot of biology and a lot of math).

The study is to see, long term, what the side effect profile is with both arms.

I got news this morning that I have been randomized, and am being enrolled into Arm A (single dose) of the study. I expect to hear from them soon to go get a calibration CT scan so they can proceed with the single zap.

Note that during the zap, they will concurrently use a CT to adjust and verify in case anything has moved.