Is there a role for elective para-aortic nodal irradiation in endometrial cancer?

Is there any indication for ENI in early stage disease or in advanced stages, without pathologic confirmation or PET positivity or CT size criteria?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

We treat in two scenarios:One is for patients who have had surgery done, have positive pelvic nodes on pathology, and PA nodes have not been dissected. For these patients, surgical series report a risk of pa nodal involvement of 40-50% and we treat pelvic and PA region after adjuvant chemotherapy.T...

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Radiation Oncologist at SSM Cancer Center/St Louis CyberKnife
Thank you Dr. @Sushil Beriwal. Would you consider ...

Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
If it is SNLN ITC in PA node and no dissection, th...

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