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Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology
If patient had a significant treatment break during breast/chest wall radiation, would you consider boosting?
If the patient had at treatment break not due to radiation toxicity, for >2 weeks, and had to complete the remaining course, would you consider any boosting? In the case of reconstruction or chest wall, would you boost the whole field?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
There are instances when I have had patients have a significant treatment break. In those cases, I have added a fraction for every 5 fractions they miss. So in the case of 2 weeks, I would add 2 additional fractions and have used this to the whole field.
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