What is a safe dose to deliver to a gastric bed recurrence adjacent to the duodenal stump post total gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma?
What is the duodenal stump dose constraint?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We have published that gastric bleeding occurs commonly with volumes greater than 40cc receiving 50Gy or more, in patients receiving ablative radiation in 15% for large left lobe intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. Having a primary liver tumor is probably associated with unrecognized coagulopathy in s...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I agree with @Christopher H. Crane on duodenal stump tolerance of 50-55 Gy/standard fractionation that prevents delivery of external beam treatment only with curative intent.
If imaging, including PET scan, shows no evidence of distant mets, I would consider treatment with curative intent deliverin...