Does the path length of vaginal cuff cylinder brachytherapy treatment as adjuvant therapy for endometrial cancer vary based on histology (serous, etc)?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
There was some thought that treatment of high risk histologies, positive LVI, or high Grade required a longer vaginal length be treated. Including 2/3 or full length. That is largely unsupported by high-quality data and would increase distal vagina toxicity in this population.
Our clinic treats upp...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I don’t change the length of vaginal treatment for adjuvant brachytherapy alone based on histology.
The only thing I do differently is in high risk disease who need EBRT, I treat the larger length of vagina with EBRT followed by brachy boost to upper 3 cm only.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Anecdotally, my institution has seen a few mid vaginal recurrences in high-risk histology (serous/carcinosarcoma/clear cell) patients treated to a 'standard' distance of 3 cm of proximal vagina, which became very challenging salvage situations.
Thus, I do change my treatment length based on histolo...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I also agree with what has been discussed above by @Neil K. Taunk and @Sushil Beriwal. We don't change the path length based on histology as there is limited data to support this.
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Radiation Oncologist at Brooklyn VA Medical Center Per ABS guidelines: "It is recommended that, as a ...