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What dose/fractionation schedule should be used for adjuvant RT after surgical decompression of a spinal cord compression from multiple myeloma osseous lesions?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine

Although myeloma is radiosensitive, since it has caused metastatic epidural spinal cord compression, I will still offer 30 Gy in 10 fxs or 37.5 Gy in 15 fxs, a dose closer to a definitive dose for plasma cell tumors, in order to provide a more durable local control. See variant 2:

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