How do you factor environmental or occupational radiation exposure in counseling or planning for radiation therapy?

For example, would you counsel against breast conserving therapy for a woman exposed to fallout from the Chernobyl disaster or a downwinder?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

I don't think I would counsel not to receive XRT, only that there *may* be increased risks (but the data is conflicting). Quoting Hall, "In the past 50 years, there have been a number of accidents in which small numbers of persons employed in the nuclear program were exposed to total body or partial...

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