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When is radiation indicated in the treatment of perianal paget's disease?

A nuimber of options for treatment but not a lot of great data for this rare disease.
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Extramammary Pagets disease is essentially adenocarcinoma in-situ and typically managed surgically. I would not treat with radiation unless it is invasive. If it is invasive and inoperable or if it would require APR, radiation is an excellent option. I treat them like SCCa of the anal canal, except ...

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