Jayant Vaidya: Receiving TARGIT-IORT while asleep during surgery

“UK patients with breast cancer perceive even 5-day post-op radiotherapy as being greatly disruptive. They prefer receiving TARGIT-IORT while they are asleep during surgery – it gives them the feeling of stamping out the cancer without conscious awareness.

Qualitative exploration of patients’ experiences with Intrabeam TARGeted Intraoperative radioTherapy (TARGIT-IORT) and External-Beam RadioTherapy Treatment (EBRT) for breast cancer

Authors: Sandeep Kumar Bagga, Natalie Swiderska, Charlotte Hooker, Jennifer Royle, Marie Ennis-O’Connor, Siobhan Freeney, Dympna Watson, Robin Woolcock, George Lodge, Siobhan Laws, Jayant S Vaidya.”