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How would you prescribe RT dose to post-op vulvar cancer with margins positive for severe dysplasia?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

Need to quantify:

If this positive dysplasia is dVIN, then I would favor re-excision, as it is high risk factor for local relapse and I don’t know if RT alone would be effective.

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Radiation Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine

I agree with @Dr. First Last's opinion.

Radiation therapy may not be effective, but equally important it is not indicated, in my opinion, for this lesion. Even though there is a more established relationship between cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer, according to van Setters et ...

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