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How would you proceed for a patient with metastatic gastric-type adenocarcinoma, with vaginal and inguinofemoral disease only, who experiences complete response to her vaginal tumor but residual inguinal disease?

History of CDH1 mutation and prophylactic gastrectomy in 2017 - no other primary site found beyond vagina at diagnosis. Vaginal tumor completely responded to FLOT regimen but right inguinal nodes remained enlarged.
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Radiation Oncology · Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
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There is no ideal data to guide this. I would recommend surgical nodal excision of the residual inguinal disease, followed by pelvic and inguinal radiation (with or without platinum if the patient can tolerate further). Another approach would be with cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy with treatment ...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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I have treated these so called isolated vaginal recurrence which is usually supravaginal disease from peritoneal deposit with vaginal extension with definitive RT with EBRT with higher dose to nodes plus brachy (have added concurrent xeloda).

I have few patients with long term DFS.

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