Do you recommend inguinal hernia repair before or after chemoRT for inguinal node positive anal cancer?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
I would strongly recommend doing this after chemoradiation. The reason is that the dermal lymphatic drainage will be altered after surgery and any in-transit cancer cells will attempt to go to the contralateral inguinal nodes. I have seen dermal lymphatic recurrences five times in my career after in...