Would you offer radiation therapy for extramedullary testicular masses in the setting of multiple myeloma?
Is this considered a sanctuary site from systemic therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
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If a patient had a symptomatic plasmacytoma involving the testicle (which I don't think I have ever encountered), not responding to systemic therapy, palliative radiation therapy would be a reasonable modality. I would probably start with a very low dose and assess the response to therapy (2 Gy X 2)...
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Medical Oncology · Mary Lanning Healthcare Morrison Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center Adjunct Faculty
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Testicular plasmacytoma is a rare entity with seventy-one cases published up to 2008. (Wang et al., PMID 18706213) The majority of these patients present as extramedullary manifestations of multiple myeloma. Testis involvement in myeloma and other hematological malignancies has been hypothesized to ...
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