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Breast Cancer
Irish cancer center implements breast conservation treatment
February 23rd, 2006
A West of Ireland woman has become the first breast cancer patient in the country and one of the first in Europe to undergo partial breast irradiation. University College Hospital in Galway carried out the successful breast conservation treatment using a computer-controlled GammaMed brachytherapy afterloader from Varian Medical Systems together with a balloon-guided intra-cavitary device called the MammoSite Radiation Therapy System. Partial breast irradiation involves delivering radiation directly to the tissue immediately surrounding a surgically removed tumor, where cancer is most likely to recur, while minimizing the radiation exposure to healthy tissue. Using this...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-23)
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