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How would you treat a young patient with cardiac malignant spindle cell neoplasm status post R2 resection?

Mass was firmly attached to the posterior mitral leaflet and broadly adherent to the left atrial wall, precluding a complete resection.
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Radiation Oncology · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital
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This is a really tough situation. I’d love to hear input from sarcoma colleagues who have treated more of these cases, but I have a few initial thoughts.

If I were seeing the patient for the first time at this juncture, I would first make sure the pathology gets reviewed by an expert sarcoma patholo...

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