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Good info. I know all too well just how "conditional" re-radiation is since I could not get it instead of surgery but only as a follow up. My radiologist dismissed out of hand any idea I had that I could avoid surgery to eradicate a tumor that had come back in the same place after a full 72 GY IMRT.
The radiation the second time was to address the post surgery pathology report of PNI (Perineural involvement/invasion).
My concern was that patients similar to me might not get the very doable option of second radiation - as I've seen posts here where patient's doctors apparently don't believe you can have radiation a second time.
Fun acronyms like Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy - make me think of a transit system. the old SBRT
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