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. 2016 Sep;59(5):358-60.
doi: 10.1503/cjs.000516.

Predicting which patients actually receive radiation following breast conserving therapy in Canadian populations

Keegan Guidolin  1 , Michael Lock  1 , Lucie Richard  1 , Gabriel Boldt  1 , Muriel Brackstone  1
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Predicting which patients actually receive radiation following breast conserving therapy in Canadian populations

Keegan Guidolin et al. Can J Surg. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Canadian women with breast cancer may choose breast conserving therapy as their course of treatment, requiring both breast conserving surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy. However, more than 15% of Canadian women fail to receive the appropriate radiation therapy, putting them at increased risk for recurrence. Age, distance from their radiation therapy centre and stage of disease affect patients' likelihood of receiving prescribed radiation therapy. We propose a nomogram that allows physicians to predict which patients will and will not receive radiation. This nomogram, once validated, could be used to guide decision making when choosing between breast conserving therapy and mastectomy as the treatment course and thereby change the practice of breast cancer management.

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Nomogram for calculating the probability that a patient will receive adjuvant radiotherapy (RT).
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