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What dose do you treat the involved lymph node chain to in definitive radiation for rhabdomyosarcoma?

Do you cone down to gross residual (and stop elective nodal coverage) after 36Gy or 41.4Gy? Parameningeal group III, stage III alveolar rhabdo.
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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital
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In our trials, we have used 36 Gy for microscopic nodal disease treatment (either the CTV surrounding gross lymph node involvement or for nodal regions where resection has been performed - e.g. paraaortic LNs in paratesticular primary disease). The extent of this 36Gy treatment volume in the H&N reg...

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