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What do you quote as the recurrence risk without radiation for patients that undergo neoadjuvant systemic therapy followed by lumpectomy and are found to have a complete pathologic response?

Patients will frequently ask why they need treatment when there is no cancer left on the pathology specimen.
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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We don’t have any data to quote and this is still an unanswered question.

Rather, there is an interesting phase 2 study omitting surgery in these, it’s showing excellent outcomes.

Kuerer et al., PMID 36306810

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