ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate our long-term experience on one-day breast intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) given as sole radiation treatment to selected patients with breast cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Inclusion criteria of INTRAOBS study (prospective observational study) were: ER+ T1N0 unifocal ductal carcinoma; absence of lymphovascular invasion or of extensive intraductal component (Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grade III and HER2+++ excluded). Two different linacs were used (20Gy/1 fraction): one dedicated electron linac (Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy
, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/radiotherapy
, Neoplasms, Second Primary
, Patient Selection
, Aged
, Aged, 80 and over
, Breast Neoplasms/mortality
, Breast Neoplasms/pathology
, Breast Neoplasms/surgery
, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/surgery
, Female
, Humans
, Intraoperative Care/methods
, Middle Aged
, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
, Patient Satisfaction
, Progression-Free Survival
, Prospective Studies
