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Do you recommend additional nodal boost in patients with suspicious internal mammary nodes that respond completely after neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Our standard practice is to boost undissected regional nodes (IMC, ICV, SCV) that completely respond radiographically, an additional 10 Gy after regional nodal irradiation, and boost those that persist on imaging after chemotherapy 16 Gy. If the radiographic complete response was associated with sig...

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