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What is the best management of early stage breast cancer in patients with a minimal life expectancy (<10yrs)?

Would your management change if the patient had extensive DCIS?
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Radiation Oncology · AdventHealth Orlando (previously Florida Hospital)
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I believe in individualized, whole patient care. Life expectancy is incredibly difficult to estimate, but if we are somehow certain a patient will live less than 10 years, then quality (rather than quantity) of life likely becomes the primary concern of a patient with early stage breast cancer. We d...

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Radiation Oncology · Rush University Medical Center
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I'm assuming that the patient is older and that there are significant comorbidities. The benefit inradiation drops with increasing age. The improvement in survival ís sêen late. For thís reason, I agree with the personalization òf care. The first Milan trials randomized to quadrantectomy (but 3% òf ...

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