Environmental and Social Benefits of Intrabeam TARGIT IORT for Breast Cancer
Environmental and Social Benefits of Intrabeam TARGIT IORT for Breast Cancer
Environmental and social benefits of the targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: data from UK TARGIT-A trial centres and two UK NHS hospitals offering TARGIT IORT.
Nathan J Coombs, Joel M Coombs, Uma J Vaidya, Julian Singer, Max Bulsara, Jeffrey S Tobias, Frederik Wenz, David J Joseph, Douglas A Brown, Richard Rainsbury, Tim Davidson, Douglas J A Adamson, Samuele Massarut, David Morgan, Ingrid Potyka, Tammy Corica, Mary Falzon, Norman Williams, Michael Baum, Jayant S Vaidya
BMJ Open 2016;6:e010703. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/5/e010703.full
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2016/05/09/radiotherapy-during-surgery-could-save-millions-of-travel-miles-and-tonnes-of-co2/
The use of TARGIT intraoperative radiotherapy for eligible patients with breast cancer
significantly reduces their journeys for treatment and has environmental benefits: 5 million miles of travel, 170 000 woman-hours and 1200 tonnes of CO2 (a forest of 100 hectares) per year in the UK
Nathan J Coombs, Joel M Coombs, Uma J Vaidya, Julian Singer, Max Bulsara, Jeffrey S Tobias, Frederik Wenz, David J Joseph, Douglas A Brown, Richard Rainsbury, Tim Davidson, Douglas J A Adamson, Samuele Massarut, David Morgan, Ingrid Potyka, Tammy Corica, Mary Falzon, Norman Williams, Michael Baum, Jayant S Vaidya
BMJ Open 2016;6:e010703. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/5/e010703.full
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2016/05/09/radiotherapy-during-surgery-could-save-millions-of-travel-miles-and-tonnes-of-co2/
The use of TARGIT intraoperative radiotherapy for eligible patients with breast cancer
significantly reduces their journeys for treatment and has environmental benefits: 5 million miles of travel, 170 000 woman-hours and 1200 tonnes of CO2 (a forest of 100 hectares) per year in the UK
| Jayant Vaidya | |
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| 11/24/2018 | |
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| Breast Cancer, lumpectomy, radiotherapy, TARGIT, TARGIT IORT, partial breast irradiation, travel distance, carbon footprint, therapy miles, IORT, breast conserving surgery | |
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