TITLE:
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (INTRABEAM) Experience at the Mastology Unit Leopoldo Aguerrevere Clinic
AUTHORS:
Gerardo Hernández Muñoz, Ricardo Paredes Hany, Alecia Cosson, Claudia Gonzalez, Juan Hernández Rasquií, Ivo Rodriguez, Jose Ghaleb, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Maria Mercedes Benitez, Wendy Hurtado, Nestor Sanchez, Consuelo Figuera
KEYWORDS:
Radiotherapy, Intraoperative Radiotherapy, Breast Cancer, Radiation Treatment, INTRABEAM
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.6 No.10,
September
28,
2015
ABSTRACT: Introduction: External radiation therapy has been the fundamental pillar
when treating breast cancer. Partial radiation therapy and intraoperative
radiation treatment have created modifications that allow the irradiation of
the breast to be performed at the surgical act delivering a single large fraction
or a “boost” dose directly at the tumor bed. We will discuss patients treated
with INTRABEAM (Carl Zeiss Surgical
Oberkochen, Germany) at the “Mastology Unit at Leopoldo Aguerrevere
Clinic”. Materials and Methods: The selection of patients is crucial for the success
of the treatment, same protocol of treatment has been applied to every patient
at the surgical act. Since September 2013 until February 2015, we have treated
a total of 148 patients with the INTRABEAM unit, we will discuss the 114
patients treated by the team at the “Mastology Unit at Leopoldo Aguerrevere
Clinic” with ages between 31 and 87 years in which 46% were single treatments
and 54% were treated as a “boost” for external radiation therapy. Results: The
procedure has been well tolerated with only a 17% of transient fibrosis and a
12% of seromas. We have had none mayor complications like dehiscence of the
wound or necrosis of the borders. Conclusion: With this preliminary
presentation, we would like to demonstrate that the technique and protocol used
at our mastology unit with the intraoperative radiation treatment is safe and
has many advantages to the patients including better comfort, cost-effective
and with results comparable to external radiotherapy.