Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Patients with Carcinoma of the Pancreas
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Studies of intraoperative radiotherapy in carcinoma of the pancreas.
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) involves the administration of therapeutic radiation to malignancies during surgical procedures. IORT permits high dose delivery to tumors with the simultaneous reduction of radiation exposure to normal tissues, which may be directly shielded or operatively mobilized from the treatment volume. IORT has been investigated in various intra-abdominal malignancies,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198806000-00002