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International recommendations for single-dose TARGIT-IORT during lumpectomy for #breastcancer: it is non-inferior to EBRT, recommended by NICE where available, used in nearly 300 centres in ~38 countries, and included in most national and international guidelines: eg, Global 1/n
.. radiation oncology's targeted preparedness for COVID-19 (UK, USA, Europe https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630820300227 “where the technology is available the use of IORT may obviate the need for any further outpatient treatment and should be considered an option ..” 2/n
.. TARGIT_IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by British Association of Cancer Surgery (BASO~ACS) https://baso.org.uk/media/98159/covid_19_and_breast_cancer_march_2020.pdf, 3/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by by the Marmot committee on screening mammography https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f873.full 4/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by the German Gynaecology Oncology group (AGO) https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/489329
German S3 guidelines https://www.awmf.org/leitlinien/detail/ll/032-045OL.html
German University Hospitals https://ro-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13014-020-01527-1 5/n
German S3 guidelines https://www.awmf.org/leitlinien/detail/ll/032-045OL.html
German University Hospitals https://ro-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13014-020-01527-1 5/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by St Gallen International Breast Cancer Consensus https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21709140 6/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists EUSOMA https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22469125/ 7/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by European Society of Medical Oncology ESMO https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31161190/ 8/n
.. TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included in guidelines by Australian counterpart of UK NICE - the Medical Services Advisory Committee http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/4FB951393326D81CCA25801000123BF0/$File/1189-FinalPSD-IORTforEarlyBreastCancer-accessible.pdf, 9/n
..TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included by American Cancer Society https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/treatment/radiation-for-breast-cancer.html 10/n
..TARGIT-IORT for #breastcancer is included by American Society of Breast Surgeons https://www.breastsurgeons.org/docs/statements/Consensus-Statement-for-Accelerated-Partial-Breast-Irradiation.pdf 11/n
.. Now, China is increasing its use of TARGIT-IORT #breastcancer by equipping more centres with the equipment 12/12
