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What radiation strategy do you use in clinically node positive pancreas cancer responding to neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

Do you use conventional fractionated RT, hypofractionated RT, or SBRT?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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For locally advanced disease or any situation where the surgery is not a definite option, we recommend ablative radiation (100Gy BED equivalent). That includes an ablative dose to the GTV imbedded within a microscopic dose PTV that includes wide coverage for microscopic extension to nodes along vess...

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