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Radiation Oncology • Non-malignant Disease
Assuming that a lipoma is causing significant morbidity and there is not a surgical option, would you treat it with radiation therapy?
For example, if a patient had a very infiltrating lipoma or one that is compressing critical structures, would you offer RT? If so, what would be the best dose and fractionation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Here are my thoughts:
Without surprise, the data regarding the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of lipomas is sparse as lipomas are typically easily resectable and do not develop in places where they cause morbidity. However, I think you can make the argument for offering radiothera...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I have not treated a lipoma with radiation.
When I think of a medical decision, in my mind it can be approached from either or both a theoretical or experimental/clinical standpoint. Hopefully, most things we treat can be supported by both approaches:
Theoretically, I do not have reason to believe...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Agree that data is very sparse, but check out this answer from @George Dawson on XRT for lipoma recurrences--
https://www.themednet.org/question/502