Would you consider lymph node basin radiation in a patient with upper extremity Merkel cell carcinoma with one positive SLN but with no other positive lymph nodes found on axillary dissection?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Yes. My preference would have been to obtain a PET, excise the positive node, and irradiate the axilla to reduce the risk of arm edema.
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Radiation Oncologist at UTMB I would also avoid dual modality (axillary surgery...
Radiation Oncologist at Mon Health Do you also radiate the primary site, i.e. ipsilat...
I would also avoid dual modality (axillary surgery...
Do you also radiate the primary site, i.e. ipsilat...