When offering palliative radiation for breast cancer, what dose/fractionation do you prefer and in what subset of patients do you believe derive the most benefit?

Topics: Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

More recently after FAST-Forward, use 26 Gy in 5 for palliation as shorter and reasonable dose to palliate pain, bleeding, and drainage.

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Radiation Oncologist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Would you ever dose escalate to 30 Gy/5 fraction d...

Radiation Oncologist at Cleveland Clinic
I have used 30/5 with gross disease. If significan...

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

GRID radiation is how I treated my most recent case of neglected/ulcerated breast tumor, and I'm really pleased with the result. We used a single oblique beam of 10X energy to deliver 15 Gy x1 of GRID using MLC shaping, with a pattern of 1 cm open per 3 cm closed. It was an almost identica...

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