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How would you manage a female in her 40s with stage III cervical cancer with hydronephrosis and Crohn's disease?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

I would treat with definitive chemo RT minimizing bowel exposure as much as I can with IMRT (adaptive if possible so can treat with tighter margin and IGBT) and inform the patient about the risk of complications.

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Radiation Oncology · Harold C Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center/UT Southwestern

Here is where adaptive RT comes into play to minimize the small bowel dose, in addition to this, I would consider limiting the dose to the lower abdomen if node negative.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Illinois, College of Medicine

Use proton for the external beam component.

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