How would you treat a isolated, high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the neck with no obvious primary or systemic disease?
Would you recommend surgery, definitive chemoRT, or chemotherapy alone?
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How would you treat a isolated, high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the neck with no obvious primary or systemic disease?
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Medical Oncology · Kaiser Permanente Medcl Center
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I would treat with chemo XRT and have found pelvic disease that way and rx edthat way and pt did v well for a long time.
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Medical Oncology · Siri Onclogy and hematology Infusion Service
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I assume by isolated, you mean stage 1 or 2 diseases, not locally advanced.
For such an early disease, a meta-analysis has shown no difference what your choice of therapy is. I would treat with the least debility approach, given that quality of life will be an important fact in a patient with an exp...
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