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Can you treat the regional lymphatics when using a prone technique for treating the whole breast?

If so, what is your technique?
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Radiation Oncology · New York University School of Medicine
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We had an institutional protocol in which patients were treated prone to the breast, axilla, and supraclavicular nodes. The breast was treated with tangents and a third field was added to treat the SCV nodes (as is done supine). Of note, the internal mammary nodes could not be included with prone po...

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