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Do you differ your PMRT treatment if a patient had a nipple sparing mastectomy?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

I usually follow same principal and limited published data has not higher complications or nipple loss with use of RT

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

Agreed, not much data available so standard technique. This is a review:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24687150

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