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Prof Carol Benn speaks to ecancer about IORT at the WITS University in South Africa.
She highlights the use of intraoperative radiation therapy is critically important in Africa and sub-Saharan Africa due to the lack of accessibility to radiation facilities.
She talks about the use of IORT at her institute and the method of IORT used on different breast cancer types.
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to oncology and cancer care and Prof Benn advises that patients should be judged according to their condition and cancer type if IORT can work for them or not.
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)
Single-dose IORT during lumpectomy for breast cancer an innovative patient-centred treatment
Global adoption of single-shot targeted IORT for breast cancer
The TARGIT-A randomised trial: TARGIT-IORT versus whole breast radiation therapy: long-term local control and survival
Insights from TARGIT-A trial of targeted IORT during lumpectomy for breast cancer
IORT at Institute Paoli-Calmettes in France
IORT at University Hospital Augsburg in Germany
