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How do you treat a large, resected ex pleomorphic adenoma with unknown margin status due to tumor fragmentation?

Would you observe or radiate? What volume, dose, fractionation would you use? Systemic therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Treat the tumor bed to 60-66Gy, no systemic therapy needed.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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Follow and, if it recurs, resect and irradiate. Tumor spillage does not increase the risk of local recurrence for PA.

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Radiation Oncology · UTMB
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If the path is carcinoma ex pleo, would certainly offer PORT. Usually, a spill/tumor fragmentation does merit PORT consideration.

Spills involving the deep lobe are harder to salvage without impacting the nerve.

If it's a recurrent pleo w/o ca, it comes down to how confidently a salvage resection co...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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I agree that if carcinoma ex PA add postop RT.

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