For a young patient with high grade pT1N0 medially located breast cancer, under what circumstances would you include the IMN in your treatment fields?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
For patients treated with upfront surgery who are T1N0, I personally do not radiate the lymph nodes, even in young patients with high grade lesions. An exception could be in patients with extensive LVI where the likelihood of nodal involvement is higher. For patients with initially more advanced dis...