Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy May Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Regional Nodal Irradiation
December 08, 2023
December 08, 2023
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release:
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Treatment de-escalation may be an option for patients whose lymph nodes become cancer free after neoadjuvant treatment
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For patients whose breast cancer converted from lymph node-positive to lymph node-negative disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, skipping adjuvant regional nodal irradiation (RNI) did not increase . . .
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Treatment de-escalation may be an option for patients whose lymph nodes become cancer free after neoadjuvant treatment
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For patients whose breast cancer converted from lymph node-positive to lymph node-negative disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, skipping adjuvant regional nodal irradiation (RNI) did not increase . . .