What dose-fractionation schedule do you utilize to treat a locally advanced, symptomatic breast mass in a patient with metastatic breast cancer?
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What fractionation do you use for symptomatic breast masses in a patient with HR+ stage IV breast cancer with a good performance status?
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Radiation Oncology · Rush University Medical Center
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Understanding that this is palliative treatment, I have used the hypofractionation schemes used in England and Canada. If you believe that you can convert this to a toilet mastectomy, I deliver 50 Gy in 25 fractions. I have used capecitibine or cisplatin, based on whether this is triple negative or ...
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