Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Oncology

Concept and review of the evidence.- Mechanism of Action of TARGIT.- How to use Intrabeam.- Quality Assurance and Commissioning.- Radiation protection.- Radiobiology of TARGIT.- Surgical aspects of TARGIT Technique in Breast Cancer.- Follow-up findings in the tumour bed after IORT- What the Radiologist needs to know.- Quality of life and late radiation toxicity.- Cosmetic outcome following TARGIT.- Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy and Persistent Pain After Treatment.- Other applications.- ö Intraoperative Photon Radiosurgery in Patients with Malignant Brain Tumours.- Intraoperative radiotherapy with low-energy photons in rectal cancer recurrence.- Cases.- Experience with TARGIT in a Developing Country.- TARGIT Trials and what to tell the patients.- Quality Assurance and Training of Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy: Establishment of the TARGIT Academy.- Health economics.

"Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Oncology was written by a multidisciplinary panel of experts who have been involved in the development of TARGIT for many years. ... this book is easy to read, focused, and accessible to a broad audience. There are chapters of specific interest to radiologists, oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and physicists." (Cory Donovan and Charlotte Dai Kubicky, Journal of Radiation Oncology, Vol. 4, 2015)