For cT2N0 bladder cancer receiving definitive chemoRT, do you cover the prostate if you are not treating pelvic nodes?
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Radiation Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
I generally include the prostatic urethra but I don’t intentionally treat the entire prostate gland. The exception would be a patient who has a concurrent clinically significant cancer which is not very common. By avoiding the posterior prostate you minimize the volume of the rectum that will be inc...