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How would you approach adjuvant treatment in a patient with completely resected undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the chest wall that recurred after 2 years, initially treated with neoadjuvant radiation and resection?

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Medical Oncology · University Hospitals

There is no evidence to support adjuvant treatment after re-resection. In the case of recurrence, we prefer to biopsy the mass to prove recurrence and obtain tissue (for NGS). In the case of recurrence, if we were to give systemic therapy, then we would favor neoadjuvant chemotherapy- provided this ...

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Radiation Oncology · The Ohio State University - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

There is a lot of information missing here. Grade and size at initial presentation and at recurrence? Margin status on each surgery? Why was neoadjuvant therapy not considered? Review in detail the prior RT plan as well as the initial op note and path report - there is usually an explanation for the...

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