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How would you manage a radiation induced sarcoma of the spinal cord following R1 resection?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona

Sarcomas, whether radiation-induced or spontaneous, require doses in excess of 60 Gy to control following R1 resection. In this case, the challenge is also associated with the fact that this area of the spinal cord was treated 40 years earlier with presumably cord tolerance doses for an ependymoma. ...

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