How to Use the INTRABEAM System
3.2.1.2 Control Console The XRS is powered by this component. The control console receives instructions from the user terminal to perform QC and treatment tasks. It executes them, monitors them…
Other Applications of INTRABEAM®
Fig. 12.1 Various (spherical, needle, cylindrical) applicators for the INTRABEAM system 12.2 Surgical Applications Between January 2008 and July 2011, a total of 223 IORT procedures were performed in Mannheim,…
Case Reports
Fig. 15.1 Chest x-ray of the patient showing the pacemaker in situ and the approximate position of the breast cancer Fig. 15.2 Mammogram (mediolateral view) showing the pacemaker. The breast…
Surgical Aspects of the TARGIT Technique in Breast Cancer
Fig. 7.1 Various sizes of applicators are available which can be used according to the size of the surgical cavity after WLE 7.1 Obtaining Informed Consent During the consent process,…
Radiobiology
Fig. 6.1 Cell survival curves representing early-reacting/high α/β (e.g. tumour, mucosa) and late-reacting/low α/β (e.g. brain, lung, breast) tissues have a different shape. At low doses (A) there is relatively…
Intraoperative Photon Radiosurgery in Patients with Malignant Brain Tumours
(1) Centre for Neurosciences, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK Abstract Malignant brain tumours (MBTs) comprise primary malignant tumours (PMTs) and metastatic tumours (METs). MBTs…
Health Economics of TARGIT
, Stephen Morris2 and Michael Alvarado2 (1) Division of Surgery and Intervention Science, Department of Surgery, University College London, London, UK (2) Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California,…
Radiation Protection
Radiation source Energy Radium-226 830 keV Caesium-137 662 keV Iridium-192 380 keV Electron linacs 4–12 MeV INTRABEAM 50 kV Values are the average energy of the radionuclides (Khan 2003), or…
Patient Selection and Information
Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Age ≥45 yearsa No informed consent T1-2 (≤3.5 cma; mammography, ultrasound) Non-compliance cN0 (examination, ultrasound) Age <45 yearsa Histopathology: ductal-invasive Tumour size >3.5 cm Unifocal cN+…
Intraoperative Radiotherapy with Low-Energy Photons in Rectal Cancer Recurrence
Fig. 14.1 Visualisation of the surgical bed. The surgeon checks the fit of the applicator to the dimensions of the tumour cavity Fig. 14.2 The applicator on an arm of…
