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Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology
What is the longest treatment break you would accept when treating a patient for breast cancer?
For example, in a young high risk patient who completes less than half of her prescribed treatment and wants to resume after a period of months, how would you proceed?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
There are no data on how a treatment break of months affects outcomes. Her prior treatment likely does not significantly reduce the risk of relapse but probably increases the risk of complications from giving her full-dose treatment. Therefore, I would not irradiate her now, since most patients trea...
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