Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is an option for patients with localized breast recurrences after previous external-beam radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: For patients suffering of recurrent breast cancer within the irradiated breast, generally mastectomy is recommended. The normal tissue tolerance does not permit a second full-dose course of radiotherapy to the entire breast after a second breast-conserving surgery (BCS). A novel option i...

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Main Authors: Kraus-Tiefenbacher, Uta, Bauer, Lelia, Scheda, Antonella, Schoeber, Carola, Schaefer, Joerg, Steil, Volker, Wenz, Frederik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039741/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17854511
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-178
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