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How are you approaching head and neck re-irradiation cases if the recurrent cancer has been resected but with high risk features such as ECE etc.?

Can you comment on fractionation schedules with and without chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
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Radiation Oncology · NYC Health + Hospitals
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These are challenging situations with no correct answer.

I assume we are talking about squamous cell ca and not other histologies.

There is one randomized study from Europe addressing salvage surgery and re-RT vs observation. The study was conducted from 1999-2005 so much of the RT techniques and deli...

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