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How would you approach therapy for a solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit with residual disease (10%) after surgery?

Which Radiation modality, if any, would be preferred? Typical chemotherapy does not work for SFT. In which circumstance would you use VEGF ( Temozolomide/ Bev, Sunitinib, Pazopanib ) or Trabectedin in Orbital SFT? Would you recommend Thoracic staging routinely?
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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The discussion about the possibility of complete resection, even if it involves orbital exenteration needs to happen since that is the only potentially curative treatment. If surgery is not an option or if it is deemed unacceptable by the patient, SFT is indeed radiosensitive. The discussion of the ...

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