What's the role of contralateral neck re-irradiation in the post-op setting for someone with a remote history of head and neck cancer who underwent definitive RT with elective dose to the bilateral neck now with a new primary s/p surgery with ipsilateral neck dissection requiring post op chemo radiation for bony involvement and ENE?

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Radiation Oncology · Lynn Cancer Institute - Baptist Health City, Baptist Health South Florida

The choice of whether to offer re-irradiation can be utilized/informed by outcomes reported by the MIRI collaborative, which examines HN re-irradiation patients treated in the modern era and categorizes cases into Class I-III based on time elapsed from initial RT, whether the new site was resected, ...

What's the role of contralateral neck re-irradiation in the post-op setting for someone with a remote history of head and neck cancer who underwent definitive RT with elective dose to the bilateral neck now with a new primary s/p surgery with ipsilateral neck dissection requiring post op chemo radiation for bony involvement and ENE? | Mednet