Published November 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) with 100 kV X photons. Experience on 170 patients

  • 1. Centre Val-d'Aurelle-Paul Lamarque, 34 - Montpellier (France)

Description

Different tumors were treated by mean of intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT) with 100 KV X photons (stomach, pancreas, lungs, rectum, colon, soft tissue sarcomas, breast). The results show a significant improvement in local control but not in survival. IORT improves the local prognosis of many tumors, but it appears that survival will only be improved by combining the loca-regional effects if IORT and postoperative radiotherapy with those of chemotherapy aimed at reducing distant metastases

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pathologie-Biologie
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
9
Series
Pathol.-Biol.
Journal Page Range
884-885
ISSN
0031-3009
CODEN
PTBIA