A close or positive margin after mastectomy is not an indication for chest wall irradiation except in women aged fifty or younger.

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on June 01, 1998

Authors

G M Freedman1, B L Fowble, A L Hanlon, M A Myint, J P Hoffman, E R Sigurdson, B L Eisenberg, L J Goldstein, D A Fein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Radiotherapy After Mastectomy for Breast Cancer Patients at Increased Risk of Local Recurrence | NCT03101683

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