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Are there any specific high risk features or situations for which you would offer adjuvant radiation to a newly diagnosed benign pleomorphic adenomas following resection?

Most of the literature experiences seem to focus only in the recurrent settings.
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In the non recurrent (upfront) setting, it is not popular to jump to post op RT.

The main rationale for using RT in a relatively benign disease is if there is a high probability of recurrence based on certain characteristics such as intra operative spill, unresectable gross residual disease etc AND ...

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