What is your approach to definitive RT for nasal vestibule squamous cell carcinomas?
Would you do IMRT or 20MeV/6MV electron/photon mix (traditional moustache field)?
When do you treat LNs? T3/T4?
What LN levels would you include? level I/II only?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas Medical Branch
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I would use IMRT. For N0, I would treat at a minimum levels 1B, 2, and the in-transit facial lymphatics that used to get included in the traditional "moustache field". These in-transit lymphatics have been designated as level IX in the 2014 consensus nodal guidelines. For node-positive, I also treat the lower levels on the side of involvement. Bolus and nasal plugs should be used as part of a standard nose set up. One useful resource is Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Indications and Techniques by Drs. Ang and Garden.
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