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Do you recommend adjuvant or indefinite systemic therapy after surgery/radiation for patients with synchronous bilateral breast cancers that are of the same histology and receptor status?
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Medical Oncology · Cleveland Clinic Florida
Synchronous bilateral breast cancer is rare and often presents with concordant histology, but is generally considered 2 primaries rather than metastatic disease due, possibly, to common exposures of similar clones. Despite controversy and conflicting reports, long term survival has been reported. It...