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The study's lead author, Prof Jayant Vaidya, said he had expected a proportion of the women to need extra radiotherapy, since post-op tests could reveal tumours were bigger or more aggressive than expected. This type of radiotherapy, developed by doctors at University College London , is delivered using a small device placed inside the breast, directly on the site of the cancer.
This treatment is already available on the NHS in a small number of clinics that have the right equipment. UCL said previous studies had shown the treatment also had fewer radiation-related side-effects, including pain and changes to the breast's appearance.Writer Marcelle Bernstein received the one-off treatment eight years ago, and has had the all-clear ever since.Marcelle Bernstein said she liked the idea of"treating just the tiny area affected"
However, 20% of the women in the study given a single dose of radiation did go on to have further radiotherapy treatments, when tests discovered"unsuspected higher-risk factors".Joanne Haviland at the Institute of Cancer Research raised concerns about some of the definitions the researchers used in their study.
Good to know 14 yrs later 33 radiations. progress when is the money finally going to metastatic disease? Research for stage 4, no worries over annual mammos. mbc is the only bc that kills yet $ poured into early stage dis researchnotribbons
RadNetCRUKCoL Oh boy
Even if i did put a typo in it 😂
“...in 80% of patients, although there are concerns anout the small scale of the trial.” Fixed your headline for you
Alleluia 🙏❣️
ZEISS Intrabeam IORT. Proud to have been part of this project. Also with brain tumours with the Zeiss Workflow Solution zeiss iort
Interesting - we live over an hour's drive from a treatment centre so my radiotherapy involved 2000 miles of driving over 4 weeks -more than just cumulative radiation to take into account for some....
Isn't this all academic at the moment?
About time
My mum only had two, because it made her so very ill - and she lived a further 10+ years, which i believe is pretty average for someone who has had cancer. The chemo was what nearly killed her, making her very poorly for almost a year.
20 years too late for us.