The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of intraoperative
radiation therapy with electrons (IOERT) in breast conserving therapy (BCT), both as partial …

Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is a technique that involves precise delivery of a large
dose of ionising radiation to the tumour or tumour bed during surgery. Direct visualisation of …

Purpose Adjuvant radiation after breast-conserving surgery remains the standard-of-care
treatment for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and early-stage invasive breast cancer …

Background and purpose The aim of the present paper is to update the practical guidelines
for postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy of breast cancer published in 2007 by the breast …

Modern treatment started in the 1880s with H alsted's mastectomy. The next milestone—a
century later—was breast‐conserving surgery, with equivalent survival but better esthetic …

The term IORT (intraoperative radiotherapy) is currently used for various techniques that
show huge differences in dose delivery and coverage of the tissue at risk. The largest …

Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for early stage breast cancer is a technique for partial
breast irradiation. There are several technologies in clinical use to perform breast IORT …

Intraoperative radiotherapy differs from conventional, fractionated radiotherapy in several
aspects that may influence its biological effect. The radiation quality influences the relative …

Background Intraoperative radiotherapy with electrons (IOERT) boost could be not inferior to
external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) boost in terms of local control and tissue tolerance. The …

IOERT (intraoperative electron radiotherapy) in breast cancer is used either as a boost (10-
12 Gy) followed by whole breast irradiation (WBI) or as full-dose partial breast irradiation …