Would you offer SBRT to a biopsy proven T1 renal cell carcinoma on a transplanted kidney?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Genitourinary Cancers • Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy • Medical Oncology • Renal Cell Carcinoma • Renal Transplantation

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Complex scenario. I am not aware of any cases worldwide of SBRT for RCC in a transplanted kidney. That being said, our group has previously published a case of SBRT for early stage lung cancer in a double lung transplant patient. This was one of 2 known cases at the time, and the details of the case...

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