Would you consider elective neck nodal irradiation for a large >5 cm head and neck extramedullary solitary plasmacytoma arising from the nasal cavity?
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Radiation Oncology · University Hospital Basel
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A plasmocytoma in the nasal cavity may bear a higher risk for nodal involvement if it involves Waldeyer's ring or nasopharynx.
Adding ENI to the neck will certainly increase the risk of toxicity and only lead to a modest benefit in terms of isolated regional recurrence.
I would thus not perform elect...
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