Would you ever considering de-escalating therapy in any way for women with inflammatory breast cancer who had a complete pathologic response after surgery?
Would you ever consider any of the following?
Discontinue the bolus after brisk reaction
Moderate hypofractionation to the chest wall instead of conventional fractionation
High tangents instead of total nodal irradiation
Any other forms of de-escalation
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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The first two options are reasonable but would not reduce the volume of treatment and would still consider for boost around the scar area even with hypofractionation.
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