When do you include the mesorectum for definitive cervical cancer patients getting concurrent chemoradiation followed by brachy?
Particularly with IMRT when delineating volumes.
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Radiation Oncology · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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I would also include it if there is direction invasion into the mesorectum or EMVI.
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Radiation Oncology · UAB Department of Radiation Oncology
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The incidence of mesorectal nodal metastasis (MRNM) in cervical cancer has not been well studied. Whether or not to include the mesorectum within the target volume is controversial.
The mesorectum is difficult to evaluate for nodal metastasis because MRNM are often too small to detect with imaging s...
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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I would include mesorectum only in the presence of mesorectal nodes on imaging.
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