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Is there a role for post operative elective nodal irradiation in locally advanced sinonasal, clinically N0, intestinal type adenocarcinoma (ITAC)?

What is your general approach to this rare histology?
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Radiation Oncology · UCLA Medical Center
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While I agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last's reply regarding post-operative ENI for high-risk sinonasal malignancies, I would like to offer a few points about treatment technique:

  • Historically, treatment with conformal RT for localized malignancy at paranasal sinus (PNS) or nasal fossa would involve ort...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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The incidence of positive nodes is about 10% so the incidence of the subclinical disease is likely higher. The morbidity of ENI with an AP field and a midline block is low, so I would treat the nodes electively.

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