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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
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.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
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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