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

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Radiation Oncology · New York University School of Medicine

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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