Advances in Oncology: The need for postoperative radiation therapy

摘要

BM The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) guidelines state-and most clinicians agree-that any patient with 4 or more involved positive lymph nodes should receive postmastectomy radiation. However, the controversy arises in patients who present with 1-3 positive lymph nodes. At the moment, there is no consensus on the use of adjuvant radiation for such patients, once they have completed any planned systemic therapy.