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Do you modify your radiation planning approach or OAR dose constraints for a patient with stage IIB–IIIB NSCLC who has already received neoadjuvant immunotherapy before proceeding to definitive CRT?

This question is part of our ASTRO 2026 collaboration, inspired by the LBA Session Presentation "Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) Followed by Consolidation Durvalumab (D) in Patients (pts) with Resectable Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (LA-NSCLC) Becoming Unresectable" by Dr. Andrea Filippi, MD
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Radiation Oncology · University of Pennsylvania Health System
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I have not modified the radiation planning approach in this situation. I still treat residual PET-positive disease with customary CTV and PTV margins, motion management, etc. The only difference here is using a shorter course of radiation for some patients who are not getting concurrent chemotherapy...

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Radiation Oncology · UC Irvine School of Medicine
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For a patient with locally advanced NSCLC who receives induction chemo-IO and then does not proceed to surgery, I typically use the post-induction tumor volume as the GTV for contouring, in terms of target size. However, if there were nodal levels involved that have completely resolved during induct...

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