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Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Source: Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: April 25, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Radiation therapy has a major role in the palliation of localized symptomatic metastases.[148] Indications for external-beam radiation therapy include:
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Painful bony metastases.
Unresectable central nervous system metastases (i.e., brain, meninges, and spinal cord).
Bronchial obstruction.
Fungating/painful breast or chest wall lesions.
After surgery for decompression of intracranial or spinal cord metastases.
After fixation of pathological fractures.
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