Elizabeth H Baldini, Dian Wang, Rick L M Haas, Charles N Catton, Daniel J Indelicato, David G Kirsch, David Roberge, Kilian Salerno, Curtiland Deville, B Ashleigh Guadagnolo, Brian O'Sullivan, Ivy A Petersen, Cecile Le Pechoux, Ross A Abrams, Thomas F DeLaney
PURPOSE: Evidence for external beam radiation therapy (RT) as part of treatment for retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) is limited. Preoperative RT is the subject of a current randomized trial, but the results will not be available for many years. In the meantime, many practitioners use preoperative RT for RPS, and although this approach is used in practice, there are no radiation treatment guidelines. An international expert panel was convened to develop consensus treatment guidelines for preoperative RT for RPS...
July 1, 2015: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics