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Radiation Oncology • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Sarcoma • Thoracic Malignancies • Internal Medicine • Pulmonology
How do you manage an adult primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the lung/mediastinum?
Is there any role for consolidative RT/CRT to the lung and mediastinum after initial chemo? What dose and fractionation would be most appropriate for consolidative RT? Would you consider whole lung irradiation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
COG trials include all patients < 50 year olds. The 5-year OS of patients treated on the most recent COG trials is over 70%. So, I would recommend you treat the adult patients per COG protocols if you do not enroll your patients in the COG trials.
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