What is the role of radiation therapy for an elderly patient with medullary thyroid cancer who is not a surgical candidate?
What techniques and doses would you prescribe to the primary and regional nodes?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We have offered definitive RT for MTC patients who are medically or surgically unresectable. Dosing is variable based on involved structures, performance status, staging, etc. We have used 5400 cGy in 18 fractions, particularly for the more elderly, poor performance status patients. Coverage of elec...
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