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SUBMITTER: Sedlmayer F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167210 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sedlmayer Felix F Reitsamer Roland R Fussl Christoph C Ziegler Ingrid I Zehentmayr Franz F Deutschmann Heinz H Kopp Peter P Fastner Gerd G
International journal of breast cancer 20140902
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 treatments with single doses around 10 Gy, providing outstandingly low local recurrence rates in any risk constellation also at long term analyses. Compared to other boost methods, an intraoperative treatment has evident advantages as follows. Preci ...[more]