In what situations do you routinely use posterior axillary boost (PAB) for breast cancer radiotherapy?

Topics: Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology

What is the best evidence available for the benefit of PAB in disease control?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

The concept of the "PAB" is like the zombie that claws out of the ground every now and then (usually to haunt a resident who is getting ready to take the oral boards and is trying to memorize [cough!--irrelevant] bony landmark setup fields). Breast cancer radiotherapy is really idiosyncratic among s...

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Radiation Oncologist at Lake Huron Medical Center
Though an old answer, perhaps one of the greatest....

Radiation Oncologist at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital
I’m not on “the bird” but it too...

Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
Another historical fact. PAB was called posterior ...

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