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Do you consider omitting adjuvant radiation therapy in an older patient with node positive TNBC who achieve pCR to neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
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Medical Oncology · Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
It depends on what surgery the patient has received.
If lumpectomy plus SLNB, I would not omit unless there is absolute contraindications, intolerance to radiation therapy. PRIME II, CALGB 9343, and this meta-analysis provided evidence that post lumpectomy radiation therapy can be omitted in women >...
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Medical Oncology · Siri Onclogy and hematology Infusion Service
I assume you mean lymph node irradiation. This is very clearly dependent on age. Based on retrospective studies which included virtually no patients over 70, I probably would not. There is absolutely no data to show survival in this age group with an average risk of competing causes of death of 4% p...