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Would you consider omitting adjuvant radiation in a very elderly patient with a small triple negative breast cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC

Elderly isn't quantitative or qualitative. Would want to know performance status/life expectancy.

Occasionally, patients have had enough and they don't want further treatment after surgery.

I presume they also will not receive chemotherapy. If breast cancer takes her life, it will be because of distan...

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