Would you use different EBRT field edge for an HIV positive patient with FIGO IIIC1 (2018) cervical cancer with positive bilateral external iliac nodes?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gynecologic Cancers • Cervical Cancer

Do you cover common iliac nodes (L3/L4) or keep field edge at L4/L5 to reduce bone marrow toxicity?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

In any situation I would not favor bony landmark and use anatomical vascular landmarks. This is a review article in Seminars in Radiation Oncology summarizing nodal RT for cervical ca written with North American and European collaboration.

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Radiation Oncologist at University of Kentucky
My recommendation would be to get a PET-CT. If ne...

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