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How would you treat a bone oligometastasis that required surgical fixation for pathologic fracture?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

It really boils down to the clinical scenario and the approach of the operation. Any time there is a possibility that the surgical procedure may shove the tumor/ tumor cells into the medullary cavity, one will need to include the whole surgical hardware in the RT field. A cone-down or simultaneous b...

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