Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies: Contemporary Outcomes With Multimodality Therapy
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Intraoperative radiotherapy for gastrointestinal malignancies: contemporary outcomes with multimodality therapy.
The integration of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) into the multimodal treatment of gastrointestinal cancer is feasible and leads to high rates of local control. In-field tumoral control using IORT-containing strategies can be achieved in over 90 % of most cases, regardless of the site or status of the tumor (primary or recurrent). Electron beam IORT, or intraoperative electron radiation the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Oncology Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1523-3790,1534-6269
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-014-0419-8