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Does postpartum status impact your choice of chemotherapy regimen for young women with a HR+/HER2- invasive ductal carcinoma with 1-3 positive lymph nodes?

Does anthracycline use differ between pregnancy-associated and non-pregnancy-associated breast cancers?
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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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No, the postpartum state would not affect my choice of adjuvant chemotherapy in a node-positive patient with HR+/HER2- breast cancer. Would submit tissue for Oncotype analysis to determine if the regimen should include an anthracycline (for Oncotype >30); if not, would favor TC x6 with concurrent ov...

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