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Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies
How would you manage locoregionally advanced NSCLC with extensive tracheal "mucosal malignant" skip lesions covering almost the entire trachea?
What dose constraints would you prioritize for the esophagus, given that a long segment of esophagus will be in PTV?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Although I've never encountered this exact situation in practice, I would say that this is very similar to cases that require extensive mediastinal radiation to cover all of their gross nodal disease.
My prescription would remain 60Gy in 30 fractions and I would attempt to meet the standard esophag...
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