How would you treat and delineate target volume for a pT1N2 NSCLC after wedge resection with clear margins?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Thoracic Malignancies

Would you include any of the staple line or treat nodal stations at risk only? How would you view this situation in the context of the recently presented LungART data?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

In a patient who has undergone a wedge resection and who has negative margins, I do not see an indication for radiotherapy to the residual primary site or staple line, inasmuch as the surgical approach is not standard of care in operable patients. If wedge is done in a high risk operable patient, I ...

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