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When is postoperative radiation appropriate for a typical lung carcinoid tumor?
Would a postiive margin or extracapsular extension altar your recommendations? Does size play a role in your recommendation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Postoperative radiotherapy in usually NOT indicated for a typical thoracic carcinoid tumor which are obviously considered low-grade neuroendocrine tumors as opposed to atypical carcinoid which are intermediate grade.
The risk of nodal metastases for a typical carcinoid is low, on the order of...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
When carcinoid tumors behave badly I think of them like nonsmall cell lung cancers. I'd treat positive margins or positive mediastinal nodes. I use standard postop doses and targets
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No. There really isn't good data for this. No one has series big en...