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For a patient with cardiac sarcoma, is there a minimum ejection fraction to proceed with adjuvant radiation therapy?

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Radiation Oncology · Stanford University
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Adjuvant radiation therapy is often indicated for cardiac sarcoma because tumor resections are often incomplete or done with close margins. However, cardiotoxicity is a major issue, especially since patients will often receive doxorubicin-based chemotherapy, which has inherent cardiotoxicity. That b...

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