How do you approach rectal cancer with a solitary bone metastasis that is biopsy proven?
Do you recommend definitive therapy? Would your approach change if there are more than 1 site of bone metastases, such as 2-3?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
This is a much less common scenario than oligometastatic disease to the liver or lung, but as control rates for bone metastases treated with SBRT are showing promise, the approach may be similar to that taken for patients with more common sites of oligometastatic rectal cancer.
We would typically s...