Should DIEP flap surgery be delayed until after completion of PMRT?

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Topics: Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology

For a patient with known indications for post-mastectomy radiation therapy, who desires a DIEP flap reconstruction, should one strongly advise that the DIEP flap surgery be delayed until after radiation therapy?

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