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How would you post-operatively manage a peripheral stage I small cell lung carcinoma s/p upfront wedge resection with an R1 microscopic positive margin along the staple line and visceral pleural invasion?
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Radiation Oncology · Quillen VA Medical Center
I would advise 4 cycles of chemotherapy followed by immunotherapy. It would be hard to define a “reasonable radiotherapy target” with visceral pleural involvement and surgical suture line, which is true in NSCLC as well. I would not recommend thoracic or prophylactic cranial radiotherapy.