In patients who have residual bladder tumors after maximal TURBT, would you boost the GTV above typical doses, 55 Gy/20 fractions or 64 Gy/32 fractions, assuming you can meet constraint?
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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC
In the British study, (55/20 + MMC), these patients were encouraged but not required to undergo complete TURBT; ~45% in each arm of the study did not get a complete TURBT. No boost was given to those who did not get a complete TURBT.
As this is the only RCT (for some reason, the RTOG never did an RT...