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Are there any circumstances in which you would treat only the lymph nodes and omit the chest wall for PMRT?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

At present I have not done regional RT alone without chest wall in patients needing PMRT. There is a report from Europe where for patents who have had sentinel node positive, radiation has been delivered to regional node in liu of axillary node dissection without chest wall RT especially when primar...

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