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Do you recommend adjuvant radiation in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) resected with a positive margin (R1 resection)?

If so, what dose/volume would you use? Would you cover any nodal regions electively?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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When considering the competing risk of distant mets, the probability of isolated local failure in this disease is probably very low and treatment of the positive margin may not result in a clear benefit. Patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma have about a 70% or more distant failure rate, and...

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