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If a patient with low metastatic burden has bulky retroperitoneal adenopathy without osseous metastasis, would you recommend prostatic radiation?

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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

We could debate whether "bulky" retroperitoneal adenopathy is a truly low volume metastatic disease, but technically it would fit the definition used in the STAMPEDE Trial. In addition, patients presenting with nodal metastatic disease may have a more indolent course than those presenting de novo wi...

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