In what situations do you treat the elective neck for patients with resected esthesioneuroblastomas?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Our experience (Demiroz C et al., IJROBP 2011) includes 26 patients with ENB, all of whom had N0 neck at diagnosis, and none had received neck RT (about half received primary site adjuvant RT). The results were: 26% neck recurrences: 6/19 in Kadish B and 1/5 in Kadish C. Most recurrences...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I always treat the neck. Bilateral if across midline. I generally use a separate AP field with a midline block. I have not seen much additional toxicity nor have I seen marginal misses or infield failures.
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Radiation Oncologist at Tennessee Oncology @William M. Mendenhall, when utilizing IMRT/proton...