Pacemaker and radiotherapy in breast cancer: is targeted intraoperative radiotherapy the answer in this setting?

We present the case of an 83 year old woman with a cardiac pacemaker located close in distance to a subsequently diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. Short range intraoperative radiotherapy was given following wide local excision and sentinel node biopsy. The challenges of using i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Keshtgar, Mohammed RS, Eaton, David J, Reynolds, Claire, Pigott, Katharine, Davidson, Tim, Gauter-Fleckenstein, Benjamin, Wenz, Frederik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22852824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22852824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-128

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