Is there any evidence to treat the primary breast tumor with local therapy after a radiographic CR with systemic therapy for stage IV disease?
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Medical Oncology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Resection of the primary breast cancer in setting of stage IV is the question in a number of prospective randomized trials and the answer we have to date there is no overall survival advantage, except in the very small number of patients with a solitary bone mets. However, we know HER2 positive wome...