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Can APBI be integrated with oncoplastics?

Since oncoplasty is becoming more common at the time of lumpectomy, is it possible to do APBI with an HDR device like SAVI in these patients?
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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If patients are having oncoplastic surgery, I typically do not offer PBI due to concerns about appropriately identifying cavity, particularly in situations of tissue rearrangement.

I have offered to patients with reduction mammoplasty and a UOQ cavity where the cavity is intact with seroma and clip...

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