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How are you clinically incorporating the data presented from RT Charm at ASTRO 2024?

Are you routinely offering a 16-fraction course of hypofractionated PMRT for patients undergoing breast reconstruction versus a traditional 25-fraction course of PMRT?
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Are you offering patients hypofractionated PMRT in your practice following ASTRO 2024 plenary session presentation of RT CHARM?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Utah
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This is an appropriate question with the presentation of RT CHARM at ASTRO a few weeks ago. We have been utilizing hypofractionated NON-reconstruction PMRT and regional nodal breast RT for years in my practice given our large geographic catchment area. As a general rule, I feel it's always best prac...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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Yes, routinely offering hypofractionation with RT CHARM and FABREC supporting it.

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Radiation Oncology · Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital
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It’s becoming increasingly difficult to rationalize conventionally-fractionated radiotherapy for breast cancer.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas at Tyler
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Additional information on the safety of hypofractionated nodal radiotherapy recently emerged. The 2024 ESMO presentation 2310 of HypoG-01 solidifies the use of nodal hypofractionation as a safe method to treat the breast or chest wall and nodal basins. A broad range of stages, pT1-3 & pN0-3, HER2, r...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Utah
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RT CHARM is written and being submitted for publication.

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