How would you approach patients who have undergone nipple sparing mastectomies with close or positive margins at the nipple areola complex?
This is assuming they have other indications requiring post mastectomy radiation therapy.
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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We have treated a few patients with adjuvant RT with the same principal of positive margin and literature suggests that nipple areolar complex tolerates RT well with no excessive risk of complex failure.
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