Do you cover the sacral foramen when treating pelvic lymph nodes for prostate cancer?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I don’t cover the sacral foramen when treating the presacral nodal region for prostate or gynecological cancer - this reduces the dose to the sacrum and thus risk of insufficiency fracture.
However, I do try to cover the foramen for locally advanced rectal cancer, especially with poster...
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Radiation Oncologist at Allegheny Health Network So helpful. Thank you for the explanation.
Radiation Oncologist at Allan Blair Cancer Centre 100% agree. This is per the contouring guidelines ...
Radiation Oncologist at West Virginia University Interesting that you don't cover the presacral nod...
Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network The above statement is about sacral foramen and no...
So helpful. Thank you for the explanation.
100% agree. This is per the contouring guidelines ...
Interesting that you don't cover the presacral nod...
The above statement is about sacral foramen and no...