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Do you consider APBI a reasonable alternative to mastectomy for women with early stage breast cancer and collagen vascular diseases?
Do you put more weight on specific CVDs such as scleroderma as contraindications for any RT?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
As to the appropriateness of using APBI via a balloon catheter system for patients with CVD, data are limited to just small case series and individual case reports (e.g., Brachytherapy 10:121-127,2011; Brachytherapy 10:486-490,2011). Further, most patients reported in these series have been classifi...
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