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How would you manage a solitary, painful, lytic bony lesion in a patient with negative PET/CT but bone marrow biopsy confirmation of multiple myeloma?

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How would you manage this patient's painful, isolated plasmacytoma?

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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
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This is a palliative scenario, but the approach may differ based on the clinical circumstances. If Heme Onc is planning on administering systemic therapy, then a short course of palliative RT to expedite pain control would be appropriate. Treatment of many sites (e.g., femur) can be done very quickl...

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