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Dr Klaus-Henning Kahl speaks to ecancer about IORT at the University Hospital Augsburg in Germany. At the University Hospital Augsburg IORT is used mainly for breast but the practice is now changing to use it for other cancers too.
Low energy x-ray intrabeam IORT is being used for the brain, abdomen and for breast at Dr Kahl's hospital.
Dr Kahl talks about how to communicate treatment options to patients.
He says IORT is a surgical tool that can be applied to a tumour bed and it can be effective in treating certain cancers.
Breast and emerging indications for IORT
The advantages of IORT for early breast cancer treatment
The pros and cons of breast IORT and ultra hypofractionation (FR)
SOFT study: Clinical relevance of genomic alterations in premenopausal HR+, HER2- early breast cancer
Single-dose IORT during lumpectomy for breast cancer an innovative patient-centred treatment
Global adoption of single-shot targeted IORT for breast cancer
IORT at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center
The TARGIT-A randomised trial: TARGIT-IORT versus whole breast radiation therapy: long-term local control and survival
IORT at hospital Del Mar Barcelona in Spain
