Would you recommend SBRT in the adjuvant settings for a solitary metastasis focus in the abdominal wall resected to R1 in a young and healthy patient with clear cell ovarian cancer?
If it is truly an R1 resection, I would observe and follow with close imaging.
If she recurs, I would recommend a discussion for systemic therapy. If she has persistent disease that is amendable to SBRT, it is reasonable to treat. SBRT can prolong a chemotherapy holiday and dosing in the pelvis is usually limited by proximity of GI OARS. Lazzari et al., PMID 29893277
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That depends on the systemic disease status, platinum eligibility, and prior radiation as well as proximity to nearby bowel. 90% of insurers won't cover SBRT without very compelling reasons to (prior disease, no systemic options remaining, etc etc) so outside of a few select institutions, in most places it wouldn't be paid for.
I most likely would challenge with next line systemic therapy and if no progression beyond that area, radiate with a more conventional fractionation knowing that the p...
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This would be reasonable to proceed with observation. If this is recurrent disease, I would do systemic and close monitoring and treat if suspected recurrence.
I don’t think strictly wrong either though to treat if the target is clear, and no luminal GI nearby.
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Would not treat with adjuvant RT in what is presumably a port-site metastasis. If the patient recurs in a limited fashion, treat at the time of gross disease.
Whether the patient requires systemic therapy now (versus at the time of future recurrence) would be worth a discussion. I would personally favor monitoring and reserving chemotherapy at the time of non-limited tumor recurrence.
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I am not aware of any evidence to recommend adjuvant SBRT and I would not treat this patient even if R1 resection, what I presume is a port site recurrence.
The patient's systemic options need to be considered in this case if any. If ok to be not on any systemic therapy, then I would recommend observation only, as there is a risk of recurrence not only locally, but distantly.
Depending on recurrence I would treat the patient with SBRT if gross disease is present, especially if prolonged system...
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