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Single dose targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) for breast cancer can be delivered as a second procedure under local anaesthetic

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2006
Background Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is promising approach that is being tested in randomised clinical trials. In the Targit (TARGeted Intraopeartive radioTherapy) trial IORT can be delivered at the time of primary surgery or as a second ...
Dewar John, Walton Lynn, Vaidya Jayant S
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Intraoperative radiotherapy as an immediate adjuvant treatment of rectal cancer due to limited access to external-beam radiotherapy

Radiation Oncology, 2020
Background Neoadjuvant external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with concomitant chemotherapy is the current standard-of-care for locally-advanced rectal cancer.
Sergey Potemin, Jens Kübler, Ivan Uvarov, Frederik Wenz, Frank Giordano   +4 more
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Radical Prostatectomy and Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Advances in Urology, 2012
Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy (IOERT) for prostate cancer (PC) is a radiotherapeutic technique, giving high doses of radiation during radical prostatectomy (RP).
Giansilvio Marchioro, Alessandro Volpe, Roberto Tarabuzzi, Giuseppina Apicella, Marco Krengli, Carlo Terrone   +5 more
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Feasibility and morbidity of combined hyperthermia and radiochemotherapy in recurrent rectal cancer - Preliminary results [PDF]

, 2003
Background: The local recurrence rate of colorectal cancer has been significantly reduced due to the use of combined radiochemotherapy. Despite this improvement regarding locally advanced tumour recurrences, the treatment strategy for pre-treated ...
Schaffer, P.M., Ertl-Wagner, Birgit, M. Schaffer, E. Dühmke, P.M. Schaffer, R.D. Issels, Pachmann, S., Abdel-Rahman, Sultan, S. Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Rahman, S., Ertl-Wagner, B., Krych, M., Issels, Rolf-Dieter, Dühmke, E., B. Ertl-Wagner, Schaffer, Pamela Manuela, M. Krych, S. Pachmann, Schäffer, M., Issels, R.D., Dühmke, Eckhart, Schaffer, Moshe   +21 more
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Boost IORT in Breast Cancer: Body of Evidence

International Journal of Breast Cancer, 2014
The term IORT (intraoperative radiotherapy) is currently used for various techniques that show decisive differences in dose delivery. The largest evidence for boost IORT preceding whole breast irradiation (WBI) originates from intraoperative electron ...
Felix Sedlmayer, Roland Reitsamer, Christoph Fussl, Ingrid Ziegler, Franz Zehentmayr, Heinz Deutschmann, Peter Kopp, Gerd Fastner   +7 more
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An investigational protocol of intraoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer: partial results from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2007
Objective: To describe and assess the experience of the HospitalAlbert Einstein on the treatment of early-stage breast cancer withintraoperative radiotherapy. Methods: Twenty-two patients withinvasive breast cancer, older than 45 years, with tumors ≤ 2.5
Silvio Eduardo Bromberg, Maria Augusta Bernardini, Antonio Luis Frasson, Jairo Wagner, Filadelfico Venco, Rodrigo Hanriot, Artur Katz, Sergio Simon   +7 more
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Comparison of mammography and ultrasound findings in the follow-up of patients with breast cancer treated with segmental mastectomy followed by intraoperative electron radiotherapy versus external whole breast radiotherapy

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2023
PURPOSEThis study aims to describe imaging findings in patients treated with intraoperative electron radiotherapy and compare them with those detected in patients treated with external whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT).METHODSThe study population ...
Burçin Tutar, Gül Esen İçten, Ayşe Altınok, Seda Eröz, Nuran Beşe, Cihan Uras   +5 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Fatigue following radiotherapy of low-risk early breast cancer – a randomized controlled trial of intraoperative electron radiotherapy versus standard hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy: the COSMOPOLITAN trial (NCT03838419)

Radiation Oncology, 2020
Background Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing side-effects of breast cancer radiotherapy. According to current guidelines, accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) may be considered as an alternative treatment option for women with ...
Tobias Forster, Cornelia Jäkel, Sati Akbaba, David Krug, Robert Krempien, Matthias Uhl, Matthias Felix Häfner, Laila König, Stefan Alexander Koerber, Semi Harrabi, Denise Bernhardt, Rouven Behnisch, Johannes Krisam, Andre Hennigs, Christof Sohn, Jörg Heil, Jürgen Debus, Juliane Hörner-Rieber   +17 more
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Physicians’ Opinion on Intraoperative Radiotherapy as a Therapeutic De-Escalation Option in Older Women with Early Breast Cancer

Current Oncology, 2023
Background: Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is a therapeutic de-escalation option in older women with low-risk early breast cancer (EBC). A qualitative study was implemented to describe EBC physicians’ points of view on IORT as a de-escalation option.
Agnès Tallet, Dominique Rey, Clémence Casanova, Delphine Lecourtois, Marie Bergeaud, Marc-Karim Bendiane, Julien Mancini   +6 more
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