How do you approach elective cranial nerve target volumes for head and neck cancers to account for potential retrograde or anterograde spread along cranial nerves?

Topics: Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology

Are there any general principles you apply for how far to track along a given nerve in either direction?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

In general, I’m electively covering cranial nerve branches in the setting of an advanced skin cancer with at least microPNI, an adenoid cystic carcinoma, an advanced paranasal sinus tumor with micro or clinical PNI or a nasopharyngeal carcinoma with clinical PNI. Occasionally there’s an ...

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