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Dr Sheldon Feldman speaks to ecancer about using IORT at Montefiore Medical Center.
He says that intraoperative radiation offers a vital treatment for select breast cancer patients, allowing a single dose during lumpectomy.
Over six years, Montefiore Medical Center has treated more than 300 patients, with 85% avoiding further radiation.
This method is suitable for women over 50 with early-stage, oestrogen receptor-positive cancers.
The procedure involves a team of specialists and has shown effective results, low recurrence rates, and excellent cosmetic outcomes.
Breast conserving surgery and IORT can manage locally recurrent breast cancer
Recommendations and guidance for people living with and beyond breast cancer and colorectal cancer
CDK4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy in elderly female patients with advanced hormone receptor positive HER-2 negative BC
Rationale for routine use of IORT for early breast cancer and data for specific indications
Radiation therapy after radical surgery in prostate cancer
The advantages of IORT for early breast cancer treatment
Systemic anti-cancer performance matrix
