Table of contents
- List of tables
- Summary
- Introduction
- Rationale for IORT use
- Procedural details for IORT
- Potential advantages and disadvantages of IORT
- Applications of IORT
- Aim of IORT
- Role of IORT within existing treatment programs
- Tumour types and stages treated with IORT
- IORT clinical data
- Data type
- Quality of data available for IORT complications
- Site-specific trial data
- Pancreas
- Rectal/colorectal cancer
- Gynecological cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcomas
- Other tumour sites
- Overall indications from clinical data
- IORT in New South Wales
- Technical requirements
- Potential patient numbers
- IORT program strategy
- Economic factors
- Discussion
- Addendum
- Appendix 1: Summary of studies on IORT and conventional treatment of primary advanced resectable and unresectable pancreatic cancer
- Appendix 2: Summary of studies on IORT treatment of gynecological cancer
- Appendix 3: Summary of studies on IORT treatment of gastric cancer
- Appendix 4: Summary of studies on IORT treatment of retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcomas
- Appendix 5: IORT-specific references available for less frequently treated tumour sites
- References
- Acknowledgments