More on Intensity modulated radiation therapy

I've been reading the NY Times articles about radiation treatments for cancer (as they're unfolding) and I must say the news is rather dire (the link goes to the latest one).  I'm going both ways on this now - wanting to be informed, but also knowing that I'm not likely to change directions on my treatment when I've come this far down the path.

Why not change?  Well, for one, all the data I could gather pointed to better results with this course than if I had chosen surgery.  And my tendency is to think I'm going to be one of the ones who has relatively few problems along the way.  But I don't think other people go into the treatment expecting problems, so that's not a new thing.

I'm not surprised at the problem being reported by the Times, I think because I see it every day. I work in a technology area, but I'm focused on the human side of technology.  The fact that technology outpaces understanding and training is not new. And it doesn't surprise me to find out that controls and regulations on these machines are inadequate or completely absent. And it's certainly not surprising to hear that companies might think of releasing a product just a bit ahead of when they should.

But I found something key about my approach...