How would you treat a young female with a recurrent triple negative breast cancer to the contralateral breast?
The patient completed AC-T three years prior.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
I would imagine 3 years later in the contralateral breast that this would be a new primary. We would want to treat this as its own separate cancer.
I would avoid anthracycline as she has already received this but what specific chemotherapy I would pick depends on the tumor size ...
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Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
How do you know it is recurrent and not a new De novo TNBC?Since TNBC spread is likely to be hematogenous ,three years later a lesion in the contralateral breast in absence of wide spread mets elsewhere has to be seen as a "new" cancer and all guidelines for a new TNBC apply.Unless you have molecula...
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Medical Oncologist at Springfield Clinic Thank you for your input. I agree it is second pri...
Thank you for you input, and yes patient tested fo...