What is the best management of early stage breast cancer in patients with a minimal life expectancy (<10yrs)?

Would your management change if the patient had extensive DCIS?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

I believe in individualized, whole patient care. Life expectancy is incredibly difficult to estimate, but if we are somehow certain a patient will live less than 10 years, then quality (rather than quantity) of life likely becomes the primary concern of a patient with early stage breast cancer. We d...

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Radiation Oncologist at Duke University Medical Center
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Radiation Oncologist at AdventHealth Orlando (previously Florida Hospital)
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

I'm assuming that the patient is older and that there are significant comorbidities. The benefit inradiation drops with increasing age. The improvement in survival ís sêen late. For thís reason, I agree with the personalization òf care. The first Mi...

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What is the best management of early stage breast cancer in patients with a minimal life expectancy (<10yrs)?

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