International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 698-703 , 1 March 2010

Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Results of the Montpellier Phase II Trial

Presented in part at the International Society of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, Madrid, Spain June 10–13, 2008, and at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, Sept 21–25, 2008.

  • Claire Lemanski, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • David Azria, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • INSERM, U896, IRCM, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: David Azria, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer Val d'Aurelle-Paul Lamarque, Parc Euromédecine, 34298 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. Tel: (+33) 4 67 61 31 32; Fax: (+33) 4 67 61 31 35
    • ,
  • Sophie Gourgon-Bourgade, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Unit, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Marian Gutowski, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Reconstructive Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Phillippe Rouanet, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Reconstructive Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Bernard Saint-Aubert, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Reconstructive Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Norbert Ailleres, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiophysics Unit, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Pascal Fenoglietto, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Radiophysics Unit, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Bernard Dubois, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France
    • INSERM, U896, IRCM, Val d'Aurelle Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France

Received 21 January 2009 ,Revised 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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 Claire Lemanski and David Azria contributed equally to this work and should be considered as joint first authors.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00332-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.039

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 698-703 , 1 March 2010

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