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Would you consider telomeropathies as an absolute contraindication to radiation therapy?

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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital

No, but it's very relevant to discuss the implications of RT when there is an indication for radiotherapy when consenting a patient.

Many telomeropathies are subclinical/under-diagnosed due to variability in the clinical phenotype (Walsh et al., Clin Cancer Res 2017), but there are clear data both fr...

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