Mednet Logo

How would you treat a patient who had bilateral mastectomies for a bilateral squamous cell carcinoma of the breast with a positive lymph node?

How does your approach differ due to squamous cell carcinoma histology? What are your radiation fields?
1 Answer
Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
Answered on

This is aggressive variant of metaplastic carcinoma with a high risk of locoregional and distant metastasis despite treatment.

I would treat chest wall and axilla for sure and would add supraclav field if the axilla nodal burden is high.

‘I would treat to 60 Gy in 30 fractions

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer