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Breast Cancer
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Radiation Oncology
In the absence of other risk factors, do you treat the regional lymph nodes in triple negative breast cancer?
Or for that matter, offer PMRT on the basis of a patient having triple negative disease?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
At present I don't, but once Canadian and EORTC studies are published with full details available, it may change practice patterns.
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