HomeQuestion
If technically feasible, would you consider SBRT for locally recurrent ampullary carcinoma in an inoperable radiation naive patient?
1
1 AnswersMednet Member
Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
No. A stereotactic technique cannot improve outcome when the duodenum cannot be avoided. As in every ampullary cancer I have ever treated, you are limited to palliative doses by the tolerance of the mucosa. Larger doses per fraction only serve to narrow the therapeutic index and use up tolerance bas...