Do you recommend postoperative radiation therapy for pathologic T1-2N1 small cell carcinoma of the lung?

If yes, do you recommend it be given concurrently with chemotherapy or sequentially? What is your target volume and dose?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

Post op N1 + small is a very small group of patients. I would not hold your breath waiting for a substantial series and no chance of a prospective randomized trial. In NSCLC, outcomes are WORSE for PORT in N1. An overview of T1-2 patients managed by surgery found no benefit to +TRT to chest; moreove...

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Radiation Oncologist at SSM Cancer Center/St Louis CyberKnife
Thank you for your response @Andrew T. Turrisi. I ...

Radiation Oncologist at Nebraska Methodist Hospital
A patient is being referred to me in this same sit...

Radiation Oncologist at Quillen VA Medical Center
There are no data for PORT in SCLC. Surgery can be...

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