Would you use adjuvant hypofractionation (15-20 fractions) after BCT with negative margins for a patient with malignant phyllodes tumor?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We conventionally fractionate all our phyllodes patients given there is really no data currently (that I’m aware of) that supports hypofractionating this uncommon disease entity.The Dartmouth-led series studied patients using conventionally fractionated radiation.Barth Jr. et al. PMID 19424757...
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Radiation Oncologist at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada I agree, I was at Dartmouth and enrolled a few pat...
I agree, I was at Dartmouth and enrolled a few pat...