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Would you offer local radiotherapy to prostate in a patient with small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma who had a complete response to chemotherapy?

If the patient had pelvic adenopathy, would you include that in your treatment volumes? What dose and fractionation would be considered appropriate?
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Radiation Oncology · Cleveland Clinic Florida
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Thank you for this great question. Yes, I would strongly consider radiation therapy to the prostate and pelvic LNs for small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Small cell carcinomas of the prostate are rare and comprise <1% of all prostate cancers and are known to be more aggressive. They are often unr...

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