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Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update.

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Recht, A; Comen, EA; Fine, RE; Fleming, GF; Hardenbergh, PH; Ho, AY; Hudis, CA; Hwang, ES; Kirshner, JJ; Morrow, M; Salerno, KE; Sledge, GW ...
Published in: Pract Radiat Oncol
2016

UNLABELLED: A joint American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology panel convened to develop a focused update of the American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline concerning use of postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT). METHODS: A recent systematic literature review by Cancer Care Ontario provided the primary evidentiary basis. The joint panel also reviewed targeted literature searches to identify new, potentially practice-changing data. RECOMMENDATIONS: The panel unanimously agreed that available evidence shows that PMRT reduces the risks of locoregional failure (LRF), any recurrence, and breast cancer mortality for patients with T1-2 breast cancer with one to three positive axillary nodes. However, some subsets of these patients are likely to have such a low risk of LRF that the absolute benefit of PMRT is outweighed by its potential toxicities. In addition, the acceptable ratio of benefit to toxicity varies among patients and physicians. Thus, the decision to recommend PMRT requires a great deal of clinical judgment. The panel agreed clinicians making such recommendations for individual patients should consider factors that may decrease the risk of LRF, attenuate the benefit of reduced breast cancer-specific mortality, and/or increase risk of complications resulting from PMRT. When clinicians and patients elect to omit axillary dissection after a positive sentinel node biopsy, the panel recommends that these patients receive PMRT only if there is already sufficient information to justify its use without needing to know additional axillary nodes are involved. Patients with axillary nodal involvement after neoadjuvant systemic therapy should receive PMRT. The panel recommends treatment generally be administered to both the internal mammary nodes and the supraclavicular-axillary apical nodes in addition to the chest wall or reconstructed breast.

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Pract Radiat Oncol

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1879-8519

Publication Date

2016

Volume

6

Issue

6

Start / End Page

e219 / e234

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Societies, Medical
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Medical Oncology
 

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Recht, A., Comen, E. A., Fine, R. E., Fleming, G. F., Hardenbergh, P. H., Ho, A. Y., … Edge, S. B. (2016). Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update. Pract Radiat Oncol, 6(6), e219–e234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2016.08.009
Recht, Abram, Elizabeth A. Comen, Richard E. Fine, Gini F. Fleming, Patricia H. Hardenbergh, Alice Y. Ho, Clifford A. Hudis, et al. “Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update.Pract Radiat Oncol 6, no. 6 (2016): e219–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2016.08.009.
Recht, Abram, et al. “Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update.Pract Radiat Oncol, vol. 6, no. 6, 2016, pp. e219–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.prro.2016.08.009.
Recht A, Comen EA, Fine RE, Fleming GF, Hardenbergh PH, Ho AY, Hudis CA, Hwang ES, Kirshner JJ, Morrow M, Salerno KE, Sledge GW, Solin LJ, Spears PA, Whelan TJ, Somerfield MR, Edge SB. Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016;6(6):e219–e234.
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Published In

Pract Radiat Oncol

DOI

EISSN

1879-8519

Publication Date

2016

Volume

6

Issue

6

Start / End Page

e219 / e234

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Societies, Medical
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Medical Oncology