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How would you treat a stage III lung cancer with N2 disease and a small synchronous contralateral lung primary?

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic Florida

Given that the patient has synchronous primary NSCLC's, I would treat each definitively. There is minimal data regarding this exact scenario but a couple of options are possible. One could include the contralateral lesion in the RT fields when treating with chemo/RT and durva. Alternatively, one cou...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Cincinnati

There are a lot of scenarios and acceptable approaches here. Also, I think the question is confusing because I'm not sure if "SCC" means small cell in this question or squamous cell based on this part of the question:

"...contralateral SCC lung primary, what would be the best way to treat? What abou...

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