ESTRO Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer 2017

How to deal with a changing excision cavity ?

• Make planning CT > or < 8 weeks ?

• MRI data suggest that seromas do no shrink entirely; Instead, new tissue may be laid down in concentric rings.

From Whipp & Halliwell, IJROBP 2008

• Ask surgeon to adapt surgical technique, to avoid presence of excision cavity ?