Chaitanyanand B Koppiker, Devaki A Kelkar, Madhura Kulkarni, Shweta Kadu, Mugdha Pai, Upendra Dhar, Chetan Deshmukh, Beenu Varghese, Vaishali Zamre, Nutan Jumle, Nutan Gangurde, Anjali Joshi, Rohini Unde, Rituja Banale, Namrata Namewar, Pooja Vaid, Laleh Busheri, George Thomas, Smeeta Nare, Jerome Pereira, Sunil Badve
INTRODUCTION: The essential goal of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is to downstage the primary tumor making it amenable for breast conservation surgery (BCS). However, since the safety of this surgery is paramount, post-NACT breast conservation rates remain low. As per the recommendation of the 2018 Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) overview of long-term post-NACT follow-up, we have devised a protocol for imaging, localization, rad-path analysis, and documentation of radiotherapy techniques to ensure the safety of post-NACT breast conservation...
2023: Frontiers in Oncology