Do you routinely offer post-operative radiotherapy for resected retroperitoneal sarcomas?

If so, how do you choose your region of treatment? Dose? And elective nodal volume?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

I do not routinely offer post-operative RT for resected RP sarcomas. Our approach is to offer pre-op. If pre-op is not given, regardless of R0/1 resection, we do not offer post-op. In these case, we will follow with surveillance scans and if recurrence is noted consider pre-op followed by surgical r...

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Radiation Oncologist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
I agree with @Chirag S. Shah on the preferenc...

Radiation Oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center
I agree and manage the same as above for post-op.

Radiation Oncologist at Emeritus Professor
The practice at Mayo Clinic in both Rochester MN a...

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