Publications by authors named "Clara Prag"

Purpose: Intraoperative breast cancer radiotherapy (IORT) offers an alternative to external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The Intraoperative brachytherapy (IOBT) trial applies high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy with a new applicator prototype as IORT after BCS. In this interim analysis of the IOBT trial, we present the oncological safety and toxicity of the method METHODS: Eligible patients were women, ≥ 50 years old with an unifocal nonlobular, estrogen-receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, cN0, ≤ 3 cm, treated with BCS and sentinel node biopsy (SNB).

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