In which scenarios would you consider adjuvant chemotherapy for a patient with T1a N0 triple negative breast cancer?
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Medical Oncology · Ohio State University
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This is indeed a tough situation and one that we may see more and more as our screening techniques keep getting better.
I do consider giving adjuvant chemotherapy for T1ab TNBC and will discuss this option with my patients based on a few factors. Multiple retrospective studies have shown that the DFS...
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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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I treat T1mic/T1a and T1b N0 TNBC differently; I am not convinced of the benefit from adjuvant chemo in patients with very small, often incidentally detected TNBC (T1mic/T1a) while I agree that patients with T1b cancers should be treated, barring significant comorbidities that contraindicate treatme...
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