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How would you treat a patient who had a previous mastectomy for an early stage breast cancer (without XRT) and then develops an isolated axillary recurrence and undergoes ALND?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

There are no prospective studies to guide in this regard. Based on retrospective data, I would treat the chest wall, undissected axilla and supraclav area

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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

I would treat comprehensively with chest wall radiation and regional nodal irradiation including SCV, axilla, and IM nodes.

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