When do you treat oligometastatic triple negative breast cancer aggressively?

Topics: Breast Cancer • Medical Oncology

The patient only had disease involving the right breast and axillary, cervical, and supraclavicular lymph nodes. She had complete response to with ddAC -> T on PET scan. Can local treatment be used at these sites of disease?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

This issue is complicated by the fact there is no standard definition for oligometastatic breast cancer. A study by Kobayashi et al. looked at a series of oligometastatic breast cancers defined as 1-2 organ sites involved with less than 5 metastases. Consolidative local therapy in chemo responsive ...

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Medical Oncologist at Arizona Hem/Onc
Knowing the natural history of triple negative bre...

Medical Oncologist at H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida
I think the question was asking more about whether...

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