Is it necessary to cover the drain sites during post-mastectomy radiation?

Would your management change if including the drain sites requiree treating more lung or adding separate electron fields?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

I have not been chasing/treating the drain site for PMRT unless it is in a conventional chest wall field. The recurrence data does not suggest that the drain site at risk after PMRT. Below is review of site of relapse after mastectomyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26383675

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