What is your treatment approach for patients with ampullary carcinoma who are poor surgical candidates but otherwise eligible for curative-intent therapy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Patients with luminal gastrointestinal tumors including ampullary adenocarcinoma are only eligible for neoadjuvant and palliative doses of radiation because of the tolerance limitation of the surrounding GI mucosa. Although long-term survival is possible without surgery, there are no data documentin...
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Radiation Oncologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Agree with Dr. @Christopher H. Crane's approach as...
Radiation Oncologist at The Toledo Clinic Thank you, Dr. @Crane. In the neoadjuvant setting,...
Agree with Dr. @Christopher H. Crane's approach as...
Thank you, Dr. @Crane. In the neoadjuvant setting,...