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How do you treat patients rendered NED after resection of an isolated lung recurrence of an early stage triple negative breast CA years after adjuvant chemotherapy?

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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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While such patient is at high risk for a subsequent recurrence of metastatic disease, there is no data to suggest that administering 'adjuvant' chemotherapy following resection of a solitary metastasis will improve disease-free or overall survival and thus I would simply continue to observe the pati...

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Medical Oncology · Siri Onclogy and hematology Infusion Service
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I preferentially give neoadjuvant therapy before resection. Theoretically, this patient is eligible for atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel if PDL1 positive (1% or greater).

The benefit of a solitary site removal, regardless of time delay in triple-negative, should not be translated as real into all dis...

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