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DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY AS LOCAL TREATMENT Indications

• Lesions that are considered not resectable with clear margins (spine, skull) or in which surgery would be extremely mutilating (pelvis, head and neck) • Definitive RT is indicated when only an intralesional resection is possible Timing of RT

• The results of RT are dependent on how RT is incorporated in multimodal treatment concepts

Association between delay of RT (time interval between CT start and RT start) and survival