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How do you approach designing the boost volume when PMRT is recommended for the indication of positive margins?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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Have favored the positive quadrant with a scar if the deep margin is positive.

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Radiation Oncology · University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
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Patients with positive margins should go back to surgery if the area of the positive margin is known. Often the pathologists can help with this. We know from prior studies that increasing dose does not fully overcome positive margins. Having said that, if surgery is not an option and you are going t...

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