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How would you manage a premenopausal female with stage I triple positive breast cancer who is asymptomatic and tests positive for COVID mid way through radiation therapy?

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How do you manage an asymptomatic COVID-19+ early stage breast cancer patient receiving RT?

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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I think there are a few options here:

1. Break the patient and resume when cleared per your institution's protocols. I typically consider adding a fraction for every 5 days of delay. So, if it is 10-15 days for example to when she is cleared, then add 2-3 fractions.

2. Continue to treat patients per your institution's protocol which may mean at the end of the day with protocols around how this is done for patient and staff as well as post-treatment cleaning.

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