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What is the appropriate timing for adjuvant radiation for vulvar cancer?

What is considered the optimal interval from time of excision, partial, or radical vulvectomy and/or nodal dissection to initiation of post-op RT?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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You follow the same principle as other squamous cell cancers to start within 6 weeks for surgery but sometimes are limited by post-op healing.

Ashmore et al., PMID 33500149

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