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How would you manage a local recurrence of a spinal hemangioblastoma following prior surgical resection alone?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona

Hemangioblastomas are benign rare tumors that arise from the linings of blood vessels (embryonically arrested hemangioblasts) and can form in the brain, spinal cord, and retina. When they occur in the spine, they have a tendency to recur ~25% of the time. The primary treatment for a recurrent spinal...

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Radiation Oncology · LJA

Check out this classic article from the team I knew from Columbia-Presbyterian:

Sung et al., PMID 7199372

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