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What is your approach to a patient with incidentally found DCIS or invasive disease after a breast reduction?

Generally, the margins are uncertain in this scenario and re-excision is usually not possible.
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
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Typically, in these cases I will give standard whole breast irradiation (40/15). I have not boosted as it's often unclear where the boost target is.

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