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Would you treat a young patient with de novo triple negative breast cancer metastasis to the superior mediastinum as locally advanced with chemotherapy followed by radiation or palliative chemo immunotherapy if PD-L1 positive?

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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

While this patient clearly meets criteria for M1 disease, if the superior mediastinum is her only site of disease beyond the breast and regional nodes I would give her 'the benefit of the doubt' and at least start her treatment with curative intent, since we can eradicate bulky disease in the breast...

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