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Breast Cancer
Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy shows promise for treatment
February 2nd, 2006
Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy is a promising treatment modality for breast cancer patients. "Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is a technique in which a high, single-fraction radiation dose is delivered directly to the tumor bed during a surgical intervention, after the removal of a neoplastic mass," oncologists in Italy explained. "IORT has been recently used in early stage cancer as an exclusive radiation modality, rather than as a boost, especially for breast tumors, in particular at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, where the technique has been called electron intraoperative therapy (ELIOT)," noted R. Orecchia and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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