Is there any role for RT in the management of florid LCIS after mastectomy?
If a patient is found to have florid LCIS with with a 1 cm positive inferior margin s/p sentinel node biopsy (0/2 nodes involved) and mastectomy, is there any role for adjuvant RT?
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Radiation Oncology · Weill Cornell Medical College
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No role of radiation therapy in this case.
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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio MD Anderson Mays Cancer Center
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I would not offer treatment.
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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It is in the spectrum of LCIS from classic to florid to pleomorphic and would not offer any adjuvant RT.
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