Would having mucinous rectal adenocarcinoma impact your recommendation for short vs long course RT as part of a TNT regimen?
Additional risk factors include T4, EMVI, N2+, involved/threatened MRF.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I would have no problem treating this case with five fractions of 5 Gy, followed ~2 weeks later with total neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by extirpative surgery; with the RT/surgical template similar to that of the investigational arm of the RAPIDO study (Bahadoer et al., PMID 33301740). &n...