TARGIT-IORT surgical technique - TARGeted Intraoperative radioTherapy during lumpectomy for breast cancer

TARGIT-IORT surgical technique - TARGeted Intraoperative radioTherapy during lumpectomy for breast cancer
The original targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) for breast cancer using Intrabeam by Jayant S Vaidya in 2001 used in the TARGIT-A trial. Developed in collaboration with industry; INTRABEAM manufactured by Carl Zeiss. See http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhkjsv/papers/targit.htm#disclaimer http://www.targit.org.uk Updates A few updates about the TARGIT technique using Intrabeam: 1. The shield on the posterior wall of the tumour bed is no longer used. 2. The posterior excision need not extend up to the pectoral fascia if adequate margin can be achieved without such an excision. 3. The transparent sterile cover for the Intrabeam is now available from the manufacturers. A few additional points that should be noted: 1. Conceptually, the fresh undisturbed tumour bed - the the empty, nearly spherical shell of normal breast tissue that surrounds the excised specimen - needs to be neatly in contact with the sphere of the Intrabeam applicator. NB the conical shaft of the applicator does no
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