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What strategies do you use for dose escalation when irradiating patients with inflammatory breast cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

I usually treat with conventional 2Gy to 25 fractions followed by 10 gy boost to scar area. In patients with a poor response to chemo, consider increasing the boost to 16 Gy. If they have any prechemo nodes like IM node or supraclav nodes, then boost the involoved node to higher total dose of 56 to ...

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