How would you approach the primary treatment of a rapidly growing uterine carcinosarcoma with local extension through the anterior abdominal wall?
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Medical Oncology · University of Florida College of Medicine
This patient needs multimodal therapy - surgical resection is a mainstay of treatment followed by adjuvant therapy (most likely chemotherapy +/- vaginal brachytherapy). In terms of chemotherapy agents - up front adjuvant treatment is usually carboplatin/paclitaxel or ifosfamide/paclitaxel. I would p...
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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Sounds like non-metastatic disease if it is all local growth. If resectable, take for upfront surgery followed by adjuvant therapy as appropriate.
If not immediately resectable and node negative, would generally recommend neoadjuvant RT +/- concurrent chemotherapy to shrink then take for surgery, fo...