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How many radiotherapy cycle is required for this patient
Er/pr-positive
Her2-negative. How many chemo cycle is required and which type chemotherapy is required
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She has deep resected margin and inferior soft tissue margin positive.
If possible both of those requires to be revised by surgery
She would.ideally require 6cycles of chemo followed by radiotherapy.
Next Steps
Pet ct scan if not done prior.
Else mammo and ct scan to look for residual disease and surgery
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Margin positive tumours have high chances of recurrences
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Most of the institutions follow 25 fractions (cycle) of Radiotherapy ,followed by boost (as the margin is positive) for 5-8 more fractions.
Chemotherapy cycles depend on the physician's choice ,but most commonly followed is upto 8 cycles.
Also ,if the HER2/neu study is positive ,she will require anti HER2/neu for 1 year.
Next Steps
Proper staging of the disease with scans (CT scan or preferably PET-CT scan).
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Immeditely consult with oncologist.
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