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After cryoablation for early breast cancer are there any particular considerations to take when planning adjuvant RT?

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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
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I presume cryoablation has been performed rather then standard lumpectomy. I have no personal experience with this approach. The concerns are that the usual information (ie margins status) is lost. Further, the questioner has supplied no additional information of sentinel node status, pt age, receptor status, primary size clinically or mammographic and MRI findings (if any) making it hard to answer the question. Generally I remain an advocate of whole breast RT either standard doses or an accelerated program, again dependent on the pt's clinical features. What to do regarding a boost to the tumor area would again be dependent on specific clinical features of this case.

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