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How would you manage the contralateral neck and adjacent structures for a glossotonsillar or glossopharyngeal sulcus primary cancer if well lateralized?

Does the entire bilateral BOT & ipsilateral tonsil need to be included in the elective CTV?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Michigan
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The glossopharyngeal and glossotonsilar sulci are the grooves between the lateral oropharyngeal wall or the tonsil and the base of the tongue, representing a very lateral OPC location that does not require contralateral neck RT. The main neck nodes at risk are II and III. In the absence of significa...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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While the question asks a specific location, the answer can be viewed more globally, as it depends on what your practice is.

The question is also 2 questions - the first asking about the neck and the second about primary coverage specifically CTV2 or the primary expansion around CTV1 that goes to a s...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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No. Yes.

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