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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 n...

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Main Authors: Keshtgar Mohammed RS, Eaton David J, Reynolds Claire, Pigott Katharine, Davidson Tim, Gauter-Fleckenstein Benjamin, Wenz Frederik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/7/1/128