Update on intraoperative radiotherapy: new challenges and issues
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Update on intraoperative radiotherapy: new challenges and issues
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for breast cancer has challenged the standard external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and has been shown to be non-inferior for treating early breast cancer in the past decade. Several technologies have been tested for IORT and various randomised controlled trials are still ongoing. Different methods of application of IORT have also been evaluated, from early breast...
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عنوان ژورنال: ecancermedicalscience
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1754-6605
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2018.793