What are your indications for treating a pelvic desmoid tumor in a young woman concerned with fertility?
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Radiation Oncology · Massachusetts General Hospital
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I would generally try to avoid radiation therapy in desmoid tumor unless it is symptomatic and not responsive to medical management and/or surgical management. Although unresected desmoid tumor can respond to radiation therapy with doses in the 55 to 60 Gy range, I would avoid it in a young woman co...
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