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Should I decline to treat a patient with a first site of metastasis who refuses a biopsy?

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Radiation Oncology · University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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Ideally, all patients with a first site of metastatic disease should have a biopsy. However, the details are critical. Is the location amenable to a bx? Is the patient's performance status poor? Has it been an extended period of time since treatment for the primary disease? Is it a solitary metastas...

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