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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
What are the indications for adjuvant radiation for a resected intracapsular carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid?
Do you approach similar to pleomorphic adenoma since it is still non-invasive? If there are indications for treating the primary, do you also electively treat the neck if there has been a neck dissection?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
It is unclear to me how the "intracapsular" component would change management since I am not familiar with this entity. However, carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma is a high grade cancer and merits PORT.
If neck is pN0 after an adequate dissection, theoretically does not need treatment.
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