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

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Radiation Oncology · AdventHealth Orlando (previously Florida Hospital)

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

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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