Would you offer adjuvant radiotherapy to a recurrent HPV-independent vulvar cancer located close to the anus, which was resected with very close (0.8 mm) margins?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
I would favor RT and include the inguinal region as with local recurrence, there is about a 15% risk of nodal involvement.
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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Yes, adjuvant RT now, as others have stated.
Additionally, I would argue the patient probably would have benefited from adjuvant radiation at the time of her second diagnosis (first recurrence), assuming that these are truly local recurrences, and not new primaries in the setting of field cancerizat...
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Radiation Oncology · Brooklyn VA Medical Center
Yes, especially given multiple recurrences already and the close margins.