Do you offer postoperative radiotherapy to patients with stage I-II small cell lung cancer after complete resection?
The patient underwent lobectomy and nodal staging for a presumed non-small cell lung cancer.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
In the past, when the RT volume for small cell included the entire mediastinum, it made sense to consider for RT for resected small cell carcinoma. In the era when most people treat involved field even for small cell carcinoma (Dutch data supports this in PET/CT staged patients), the value of adding...