When do you consider re-irradiating patients with recurrent cervical cancer?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Because I have been seeing and treating a reasonable number of these cases for 35 years, I have some strong opinions on the matter. Although external beam re-irradiation in the setting of recurrent cervical cancer is fraught with great hazards and poor outcomes, interstitial re-irradiation has a hig...
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Radiation Oncologist at Northeast Georgia Medical Center I agree. Since the alternative is certain death or...
Radiation Oncologist at Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology Very helpful!! Thanks.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
We have done in few situations, HDR brachy alone EQ2 dose of 40 Gy using MRI guidance where there is delayed central only recurrence and patient is not a candidate or declines exenteration. Bockel et al., PMID 33799617.Another situation is SBRT for nodal recurrence in previously treated field -...
I agree. Since the alternative is certain death or...
Very helpful!! Thanks.