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How many vertebral levels do you choose to treat with post-op RT?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

Based on my long term observation/experience and the data from the postop SBRT literature, there is no need to include the whole extent of the surgical hardware. I never did for postop RT or SBRT and never saw a recurrence outside of the involved segment +/- contiguous areas. The international posto...

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Radiation Oncology · Physician Health Partners

I tried to include the entire surgical area to prevent recurrence.

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