Using targeted radiation during surgery - referred to as intraoperative radiation - to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is the delivery of irradiation at the time of an operation. This is performed by different techniques including intraoperative electron beam techniques and high ...

Using targeted radiation during surgery - referred to as intraoperative radiation - to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IORT in 1999. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) costs cancer patients less time and money in treatment and is less invasive compared to ...

Northwestern Medicine physicians are now utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery, according to ...

Using targeted radiation during surgery — referred to as intraoperative radiation — to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy has numerous benefits, surgeons tell NBC News, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists. It isn't covered by some private insurers despite ...