Would you hesitate to give breast radiation to a patient with prior near-fatal Stevens Johnson medication reaction?
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Radiation Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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...