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Do you ever offer repeat radiation for hepatobiliary cancers in cases of local recurrence after definitive external beam or SBRT?

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic, Rochester

I do offer repeat radiation for hepatobiliary cancer after definitive external beam or SBRT. The dose and fractionation really depends on the size of the recurrence, the status of the patient's liver disease e.g. Child Pugh status (CP), and its location in proximity to critical structures.

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