Breast CA antihormones, concurrent vs sequential
I have a patient with very poor health who cannot medically undergo surgery - heart failure, O2 dependent - but we are treating a bulky breast mass about 7 cm in size and grossly involved regional nodes.
ER is 90 plus percent positive, so she will be getting anti estrogens of some kind; the question is whether to give the radiation and anti hormones together or sequentially. Is there any data either way?
I believe there was a breast chemo study that showed better response rate if the...
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Never good for RO when you are on front page of WSJ and an original article in the latest NEJM (but good for patients?)
More Women With Breast Cancer Could Skip Harsh Radiation, Study Says
Deaths were nearly equal whether women received radiation in addition to surgery and hormone therapy, a study showed.
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