Would you recommend the addition of radiation to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in unresectable cT4b sigmoid adenocarcinoma (at or above the peritoneal reflection) adherent to the bladder?
Assume for this discussion: ECOG 0-1, life expectancy > 10
How would nodal status influence your recommendation?
Reference: Hawkins et al., PMID 30017250
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Radiation Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
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Yes. It’s unresectable in the pelvis. This is not an uncommon scenario. I haven’t found it any more problematic than treating a rectal cancer invading the bladder.
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Radiation Oncology · LJA
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Please see an old series from Tufts University on sigmoid cancer and radiotherapy from Cancer (May 1983) which I wrote.
A much greater MGH and Mayo experience over decades of patients was from Dr. @Dr. First Last, in many articles and book chapters.
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