In a patient with bilateral neck level II small cell carcinoma with no apparent primary after workup with plans to receive concurrent cisplatin/etoposide, what would be your treatment volumes?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Extrapulmonary small cell cancer, like its lung equivalent, is highly sensitive to chemotherapy but has a high rate of metastatic disease, which is the primary site of failure, with median DFS of about 6 months. If this patient achieves clinical CR after chemotherapy, I would forgo RT. I would...
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Given the paucity of data on optimal management of...
Agree with adding in RT for localized disease as p...