An international randomised controlled trial to compare TARGeted Intraoperative radioTherapy (TARGIT) with conventional postoperative radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for women with early-stage breast cancer (the TARGIT-A trial)
Background: Based on our laboratory work and clinical trials we hypothesised that radiotherapy after lumpectomy for breast cancer could be restricted to the tumour bed. In collaboration with the industry we developed a new radiotherapy device and a new surgical operation for delivering single-dose r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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NIHR Journals Library
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Health Technology Assessment |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20730 |