How would you approach a small, node-negative (cT1-2N0) nasopharyngeal cancer in a patient with prior H&N cancer treated with surgery and radiation?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
RT to primary and RP nodes. Positive nodes in previously irradiated neck likely 10% or less, so I’d observe neck.
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Radiation Oncology · Yale University
RT to the primary, RP nodes, and previously UNirradiated neck, but avoid re-irradiation.
At our institution, we would make sure to get old radiation records and see what dose was received to the nodes that we would typically include for a nasopharynx case and make final decisions based on that. We w...
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Radiation Oncology · Levine Cancer Institute
This was not an option in the question stem but just to note, there is now phase III randomized data that endoscopic resection carries a significant survival benefit compared to re-irradiation. I realize this question stem is probably talking about previous RT that may not have overlapped the primar...