What is the evidence that we should do anything different in breast cancer patients with 1 to 3 nodes involved versus those with four or more nodes involved?
1 Answer
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Radiation Oncology · UNC School of Medicine
Answered on
A careful read of the literature will demonstrate that there is nothing magical about the threshold as one moves from 3 to 4 involved nodes, that the risk of a local regional failure increases almost linearly with the number of positive nodes, and that the addition of postmastectomy radiation improv...
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer