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What adjuvant therapy would you recommend for a T3N0, grade 3, undifferentiated sarcoma of the mandible with positive margins that is not amenable to re-resection?

Would you offer adjuvant RT or chemotherapy? If so, what chemotherapy would you prefer?
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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From a radiation standpoint, I would offer adjuvant radiation therapy. Given positive margin, would image to make sure no gross disease. If microscopic positive margin, I would go to 66-70 Gy.

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Radiation Oncology · The Ohio State University - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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Not much in the mandible is unresectable. I would get the patient a second surgical opinion with an experienced ENT surgical oncologist. Regardless of use of RT, R0 margins are necessary for optimal local control in STS so would want to evaluate for any possibility of re-resection. (A nuance to this...

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