Assuming that a lipoma is causing significant morbidity and there is not a surgical option, would you treat it with radiation therapy?

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 radiotherapy as w...

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 t...

Agree that data is very sparse, but check out this answer from @Dr. First Last on XRT for lipoma recurrences--

https://www.themednet.org/question/502