How do you manage recurrent inoperable chest wall pleomorphic liposarcoma with prior radiation therapy?
Prior treatment: GTR in 2020, adjuvant radiation 63Gy
Patient factors: Medically inoperable and not fit for chemotherapy
The recurrence is within the prior radiation field
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Radiation Oncology · The Ohio State University - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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Palliatively. But review the case and see if anything could be done differently next time. Local control of STS with proper surgery and radiation should be excellent. Perhaps there was a positive surgical margin that should have been re-resected, perhaps postop RT wasn't properly designed, etc. With...
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Radiation Oncology · Beaumont Hospital
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Several things are notable about this case
- Medically inoperable 2 years after GTR. The patient must have had some issues at the time of original surgery.
- How much time between surg and the start of radiation?
- Any CTX at original TX.
- Location of tumor, OAR doses, radiation technique.
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