When would you add an extra radiation dose to compensate for treatment breaks?  

Apart from H&N SCC, are there times where adding an extra dose of radiation due to a tx break is appropriate?  Is there a decent equation out there that differentiates between histologies? What about for H&N SCC?



Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
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Radiation Oncologist at University of Virginia School of Medicine
To add an example from prostate cancer, since it's...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
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Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
I would discuss with the surgeon about possible re...
Radiation Oncologist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Dr. @Sushil Beriwal, do you have a link or author/...
Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
Tanderup et al., PMID 27350396.
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