Is post-operative radiation therapy indicated for a sigmoid colon cancer above the peritoneal reflection status post resection with operative/pathology findings of positive lymph nodes below the peritoneal reflection?

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Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gastrointestinal Cancers

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Yes.

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