For patients demonstrating ypN1 disease on SLNB following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, is it reasonable to proceed with regional RT in lieu of AxLND outside of the ALLIANCE A011202 trial?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Ideally these patients should go on the Alliance A011202 trial or have a full dissection as the current standard. AMAROS and other studies clearly have shown that radiation to the axilla is highly effective compared to axillary dissection for patients with a positive sentinel node at initial diagno...