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How would you approach an elderly patient with early stage breast cancer with micropapillary histology?

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

Not a lot of literature but this review (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29228910) evaluated invasive micropapillary cancers finding higher rates of LRR.

For elderly patients, I would offer hypofractionated whole breast irradiation. Would consider APBI, but would not be my primary recommendation....

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