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How would you approach a supraclavicular high grade monophonic synovial sarcoma?

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Radiation Oncology · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

When I see a patient who has had a partial excision of a soft tissue sarcoma, I approach further therapy as I would a new diagnosis. Our preference, in a location where wide surgical resection is often difficult, is to use preoperative RT followed by surgical resection, and that is what I would do i...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida

Preop RT and surgery.

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

I agree with the above, preoperative RT followed by surgery. Postop in this location can also be challenging, so I would favor preop.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington

I agree with the above. If the lesion is amenable to a curative resection, I'd offer preoperative radiotherapy, followed by resection.

If the lesion is borderline resectable or potentially unresectable, then there may be a role for neoadjuvant chemotherapy to try to downstage the lesion to facilita...

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