HomeQuestion
How do you approach lung tumors with vessel encasement, especially in someone with active hemoptysis?
2
1 AnswersMednet Member
Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic
It's a good question and not one that has a ton of published data to support. If you look at the GYN literature for palliation of vaginal bleeding, hypofractioned RT can be a very useful treatment, suggesting a role in other sites. My impression is always that those are very vascular malignanies and...