New: NCI-funded clinical trial search
Mednet Logo
CommunityRadiation Oncology

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

Would you recommend observation? Whole breast irradiation? APBI?
1 Answer
Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
Answered on

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....

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer