Would you offer radiation for Stage III NSCLC in a non-surgical candidate with prior post-mastectomy chest wall RT?
Patient in question had PMRT 20 years ago.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Yes, I would offer definitive thoracic radiation (60 Gy standard fractionated) to a patient with prior h/o postmastectomy chest wall radiation, even if the lung cancer is on the same side as the irradiated chest wall. Likely the dose to the chest wall was around 50 Gy. If there were any areas of che...
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