PMID: 25761290Mar 12, 2015Paper

Breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy as a one-day procedure

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Peter C M KoperHendrik Struikmans

Abstract

A single dose of irradiation to the lumpectomy cavity alone after breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients has been available in the Netherlands since 2011. This new treatment modality is used in the Haaglanden Medical Centre in The Hague and in the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven. The goal of intraoperative radiation therapy is to limit the patient burden caused by whole breast irradiation, while maintaining excellent local tumour control. The technique is used only in patients with a low probability of recurrent disease in the breast. Approximately 150 patients receive intraoperative radiation therapy each year In the Netherlands, an estimated 4,000 breast cancer patients were eligible in 2013 for this new treatment technique or another method of partial breast irradiation. In both hospitals the results are closely monitored. Only 15 of the first 200 patients experienced a side effect within a period of 3 months after intraoperative radiation therapy. These side effects were successfully treated either with antibiotics or with surgery.

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antifungals

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Antifungals (ASM)

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Related Papers

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]
Rolf SauerMarie-Luise Sautter-Bihl
Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
Ramamoorthy Ravichandran, Zahid Al Mandhari
Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia
T J Tidwell
Technology Evaluation Center Assessment Program. Executive Summary
BlueCross BlueShield Association
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved