Would you recommend RNI for a triple negative cancer s/p lumpectomy and ALND with low LN positivity rate?
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Radiation Oncology · Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
My current practice is to offer patients with triple negative disease and positive nodes after ALND RNI with their whole breast irradiation. MA20 included such patients with roughly 85% having 1-3 LN+ and more than 65% had 10+ LN removed. The addition of RNI increased survival in ER- patients (81 vs...