How do you counsel patients on imaging findings after liver SBRT for HCC, particularly with regard to expectations on timing to tumor resolution?
E.g., the tumor is smaller at 3-6 months, but is still called LR-TR viable based on enhancement/washout/diffusion pattern, etc.
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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My experience has been that the more successful the treatment, the sooner the patients want the good news. In reality, a well-designed and executed SBRT treatment to an ablative dose should result in 85 to 95% tumor control (mostly size independent) at 2 years with very little local progression afte...
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