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%