For a patient with large volume glioblastoma, what do you do if they are found to have a subdural infection in the middle of chemoRT requiring repeat surgery?
Would the extent of initial resection change your management in any way?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
In this scenario, the patient will likely stop the daily treatments for a variable period of time that I would estimate to be measured in weeks while recuperating from surgery and receiving IV antibiotics. When cleared for radiation, I would start by doing a new Simulation using an updated MRI to ac...