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What dose should you treat the anal canal after excision of a T1 anal cancer with positive margins?

Is it still necessary to treat to 50 Gy or can a lower dose safely be used as there is no gross disease (e.g., 42 Gy in 28 fractions to nodes and the anal canal)?
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Radiation Oncology · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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I would, under no circumstance, treat this patient to a dose of 50 Gy. For a T1 tumor (even unresected) that is likely an excessive dose. Keep in mind that the initial reports of RT and chemo used a dose of about 30 Gy with complete pathological response. There are data to suggest that doses of abou...

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