TARGIT trial for Breast Cancer: Story in Daily Mail 19 April 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
TARGIT trial for Breast Cancer: Story in Daily Mail 19 April 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011
TARGIT-A Trial discussed at the St Gallen Breast Cancer Conference, 2011
19 March 2011
At the 12th International St.Gallen Breast Cancer Conference
16-19 March 2011 / St.Gallen, Switzerland, the delegates at the Consensus session on the last day of the conference voted in favour of using intraoperative radiotherapy.
Voting results for the following questions were as follows:
In association with breast conserving surgery, partial breast irradiation (intraoperative) is acceptable- As definitive radiation, without any external beam therapy?
Yes= 48.9%,
No=35.6%,
Don’t know= 15.6%
Should partial breast radiotherapy be applied in selected patients (including intraoperative)
- Elderly (> age 70) ?
Yes = 86.7%,
No=6.7%,
Don’t know=6.7%
In association with breast conserving surgery, partial breast irradiation (intraoperative) is acceptable
- Instead of external beam boost to tumour bed?
Yes= 60.9%,
No=17.4%,
Don’t know= 21.7%
Should partial breast radiotherapy be applied in selected patients (including intraoperative) -Lymphoma survivors after mantle field RT?
Yes= 37.2%, No=25.6%, Don’t know=37.2%
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