Intraoperative radiation therapy for the treatment of recurrent retroperitoneal and pelvic tumors: a single-institution analysis

Intraoperative radiation therapy for the treatment of recurrent retroperitoneal and pelvic tumors: a single-institution analysis

Abstract Background Patients with recurrent retroperitoneal and pelvic region tumors often require multimodal therapies. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) can deliver high-dose radiation to tumor beds, even if first-line external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) was administered. We evaluated loc...

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Main Authors: Tharcisio Machado Coelho, Ricardo César Fogaroli, Antonio Cassio Assis Pellizzon, Douglas Guedes De Castro, Guilherme Rocha Melo Gondim, Maria Leticia Gobo Silva, Michael Jenwei Chen, Henderson Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Retroperitoneal and pelvic recurrent tumors
Intraoperative radiation therapy
Local control
Salvage surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1168-x

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