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Would you use adjuvant hypofractionation (15-20 fractions) after BCT with negative margins for a patient with malignant phyllodes tumor?

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Radiation Oncology · Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
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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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