Our experience in intraoperative radiotherapy applications

Our intraoperative boost radiotherapy experience and applications.

OBJECTIVE To present our experience since November 2013, and case selection criteria for intraoperative boost radiotherapy (IObRT) that significantly reduces the local recurrence rate after breast conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients who were suitable for IObRT were identified within the group of patients who were selected for breast conserving surg...

Endonasal endoscopic resection and radiotherapy in olfactory neuroblastoma: our experience.

BACKGROUND Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of a bimodal method of treatment consisting in endoscopic resection followed by radiotherapy in patients with olfactory neuroblastoma (ON). METHODS This is a retrospective review on 10 patients with ON treated at a tertiary referral center. All the patients were treated with endonasal endoscopic resection, and 1 refused postoperative radiotherap...

Intraoperative radiotherapy for parotid cancer: a single-institution experience.

PURPOSE Our practice policy has been to provide intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) at resection to patients with head-and-neck malignancies considered to be at high risk of recurrence. The purpose of the present study was to review our experience with the use of IORT for primary or recurrent cancer of the parotid gland. METHODS AND MATERIALS Between 1982 and 2007, 96 patients were treated wit...

Experience with intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: the Geneva University Hospital’s experience

Intraoperative radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma.

Local recurrence following curative resection of rectal carcinoma is still a major problem. Recurrence rates of more than 30% have been reported in the past, but total mesorectal excision has reduced the incidence to considerably less than 10%. Still, the severe morbidity associated with local recurrence demands additional efforts to guarantee local control. Moreover, it may be hoped that a red...