TY - JOUR AU - Piroth, Marc D. PY - 2013 TI - Intraoperative radiotherapy of the breast - really a valide option or “only” comfortable JF - Gland Surgery; Vol 2, No 2 (May 31, 2013): Gland Surgery Y2 - 2013 KW - N2 - Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) of the breast is an innovative treatment option for early breast cancer and has rapidly entered clinical practice in the last years. There are several indications using a breast IORT. Generally accepted because of excellent long-term results is the intraoperative tumorbed boost followed by an external whole breast irradiation (WBI) (1,2). Considering that most in-breast tumor recurrences are seen in or near to the initial tumor site (3-7) partial breast irradiation (PBI) as the sole radiotherapy treatment modality is of large interest. Different PBI techniques, such as an IORT with electrons or 50 kV X-rays (Intrabeam © ), the interstitial multicatheter or balloncatheter (Mammosite © ) brachytherapy or also the 3D conformal external beam radiotherapy are in clinical use [overview in (8,9)], whereby no superiority could be shown for one of them. UR - https://gs.amegroups.org/article/view/1760