Would you hesitate to give breast radiation to a patient with prior near-fatal Stevens Johnson medication reaction?

Topics: Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology • Dermatology

Might a prior SJ incident pre-dispose to SJ reaction to radiation?

Would you be more or less apt to treat with RT for grade 2 DCIS with refusal of prior RT and AI?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Although this is an extremely rare occurrence when looking at the literature on this subject, limited to case reports/series, I think that I would hesitate to give breast RT in this case. This is based on the fact that in this case, it is DCIS that is being treated, and despite the DCIS being recurr...

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