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How would you approach the treatment of low grade, stage IA, triple negative apocrine adenocarcinoma of the breast in a female patient in her 70s?

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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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I would not treat this the way I would a typical triple-negative breast cancer, since the risk of distant recurrence from occult metastatic disease is low. Assuming she had breast-conserving surgery, radiation, favoring partial breast, is reasonable. In terms of systemic therapy, if the cancer in th...

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