Would you offer adjuvant radiation for a grade 1 osteosarcoma of the mandilbe with close margins following surgical resection?
What margin would you consider to be necessary to omit radiation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
There is a good rationale for offering post-op RT in this setting. A relevant retrospective series from MDACC reported on ~120 patients who underwent surgery with or without RT (Guadagnolo et al., PMID 19382187). In this report, approximately 40% developed local recurrence, speaking to the high...
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Radiation Oncologist at Crescent City Physicians, Inc. Thank you!
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