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Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology
How do you approach patients with lymph node only recurrences in the setting of previously resected colon cancer that are not amenable to biopsy?
Do we wait and watch vs start treatment based on ctDNA results?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
This question represents a challenging situation. Lymph node recurrence is not uncommon in patients with colorectal cancer. However, when dealing with presumed isolated lymph node recurrence, with no other metastatic site, one has to rule out other explanations, including second malignancy. Therefor...
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