Breast IORT further whole breast

Quick question... I have a patient treated with IORT at an outside institution for a stage I breast cancer and ended up having a positive node (1/3 SLN's, 3 mm of disease in the node, no ECE) and other risk factors (LVSI, margin < 1 mm). There were recommended to have "25" more breast radiation treatments, but she lives closer to me so she wants it done here. I'm seeing in the Targit trial they often did hypofrac whole breast, so not sure where the rec for 25 fractions is coming from... Read more
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