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How would you evaluate the role for adjuvant radiation in a very young female (20s) with a localized vulvar SCC, HPV independent, status post hemivulvectomy?

Surgical pathology found close medial margin but no other adverse features. Would you favor omission, VBT, or EBRT?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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Either re-excision or observation provided no dVin at margin and at least a 3 mm negative margin for invasive disease.

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Radiation Oncology · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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HPV-independent SCC in a young patient is a poor prognostic factor, therefore, I would be inclined to offer some kind of additional treatment. Anecdotally, I have offered observation, only to then react to recurrent disease.

However, would need to better understand close margin - is it 1 mm? 3 mm o...

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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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I'm not sure what VBT (Vaginal BrachyTherapy) would have to do with management of vulvar SCC, unless the acronym is something else.

I would be hesitant to do post-op EBRT in this scenario. If re-excision is feasible, as per Dr. @Dr. First Last's notes on margin status, that would be preferable. A qu...

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