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Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology
What dose do you try to keep the contralateral breast when treating a PMRT inflammatory breast cancer that is extending across midline?
What techniques would you use to help meet that constraint?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
You follow the principal of ALARA as it is more important to control aggressive IBC and you need to treat volume required adequately.
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I agree with @Sushil Beriwal. In fact the medial portion of the contralateral breast (or chest wall if a contralateral mastectomy was pursued) may even be considered part of the clinical target volume if gross disease present at diagnosis actually extended past midline. Given the spread of inflammat...