Does triple negative breast cancer influence your decision to boost an older patient post lumpectomy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Yes. The phenotype of breast cancer does predict the risk of relapse in the elderly population as well. For that reason, we would offer a boost in all triple negative patients, irrespective of age. In a recent update of the Toronto–British Columbia (TBC) randomized study for older patients wit...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Yes. The pathologic subanalysis of the EORTC boost trial clearly demonstrated a more substantial benefit from a tumor bed boost in patients with high grade disease. I think it is reasonable to extrapolate this finding to indicate that a boost is likely to be beneficial in triple negative disease, as...