How would you optimize patient set-up and planning for the post-operative treatment of a distal lower extremity sarcoma?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Sarcoma

What things would you take into consideration for the simulation set-up? Specific instructions for treatment planning? If the PTV is confined to only the foot would this change your set-up and plan?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

The fundamentals I take into consideration for every sarcoma patient I treat is:- Every sarcoma patient is very different but I try and keep my overriding paradigm very clear and consistent patient to patient so as to maximize my team's understanding of the patient's care and minimize risks of error...

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Radiation Oncologist at Anderson Regional Cancer Center
In the hand and foot, how do you think about proxi...

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Good question. I find that simulating extremities are very different than standard chest or pelvis, and will en d up with unique positioning depending on the patient. So here goes.For distal LE sarcoma simulation: First the common principles- patient comfort and position being reproducible. ...

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