On the need of in vivo verifications as quality control for intraoperative electron radiotherapy in breast cancer.

Carla CasesGabriela OsesAntonio HerrerosJordi Tarrats-RosellSara MorenoMeritxell Mollà

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2024)

This study confirms the presence and magnitude of the misalignments. We strongly recommend in vivo verifications as a quality check during IOERT procedures. The misalignment has no correlation with tumor localization parameters, so the solution could be based on technical improvements of the applicator.

Keyphrases

quality control
early stage
locally advanced
patients undergoing
radiation induced
young adults
rectal cancer
solid state