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Radiation Oncology • Palliation
Would you continue treatment of a rectal metastasis in a patient who is found to have radiographic evidence of contained rectal perforation during the treatment?
Would you continue treating the patient (in spite of the risk of causing a frank perforation, sepsis, and subsequently devastating consequences), or would you stop the treatment altogether?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Good clinical question. In my experience, I have treated quite a few of both rectal and anal cancer cases, but not one from a metastatic nature that I can recall.
But, in any event, my clinical instincts/experienced would push me to ask the following questions:
Is this a change in h...
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