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Is there a role for re-irradiation of a recurrent keloid?

Does the time interval between the intial RT and recurrence influence your decision? What time interval would you feel is appropriate? What dose would...

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Do you recommend treatment of the entire extent of the hardware and/or bone when treating a bone metastasis that has received pre-irradiation surgical stabilization?

For example, would you treat the entire length of the femur after prophylactic intramedullary rod fixation for a femoral neck metastasis?

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Practical radiation oncology, 2015

Postoperative radiation therapy for osseous metastasis: Outcomes and predictors of local failure.

Radiother Oncol, 2016-10-01

Lack of clinical evidence for postoperative radiotherapy after surgical fixation of impending or actual pathologic fractures in the long bones in patients with cancer; a systematic review.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2011-03-15

A radiobiological analysis of multicenter data for postoperative keloid radiotherapy.

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