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Do you give adjuvant RT to vulva in a patients with node positive vulvar cancer and no high risk features for vulvar recurrence?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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There is variation in practice. I tend to treat primary also along with nodal volume as long term data shows a 25- 35% risk of LR and a low 65% salvage rate. Data unknown is how much would RT reduce this and if these are true recurrences or new primary.

Te Grootenhuis et al., PMID 26428940

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