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IORT

amylouisa
amylouisa CSN Member Posts: 3
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Has anyone had this procedure?
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  • kuastoi
    kuastoi CSN Member Posts: 63
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    ?
    Does this stand for intra-operative radiation therapy? If not, what does it stand for? I have never had it but maybe others know it by a different name or description.

    Tom
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  • kuastoi
    kuastoi CSN Member Posts: 63
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    kuastoi said:

    ?
    Does this stand for intra-operative radiation therapy? If not, what does it stand for? I have never had it but maybe others know it by a different name or description.

    Tom

    Bump...
    I'll bump this up to see if anyone has an answer - I am curious too. What is it?

    Tom
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  • Buckwirth
    Buckwirth CSN Member Posts: 1,258 Member
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    Not me
    But here is a description from Aetna's site:

    Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is being investigated as a technique to deliver a high dose of radiation to a locally advanced tumor while attempting to protect adjacent normal tissues at the time of surgery. IORT is delivered with applicators and cones attached to the treatment head of high-energy medical linear accelerators. After all or most of the cancer is surgically removed, a large, single dose of high-energy radiation is aimed directly at the tumor site. Nearby healthy tissue is protected with special shields.

    The goal of IORT is to enhance local tumor control. Most patients receiving IORT are concurrently treated with high-dose external beam photon irradiation. The term “intraoperative radiation therapy” may also refer to intraoperative brachytherapy, the temporary or permanent implantation of radioactive seeds.

    They do indicate that it is an approved therapy for Colon Cancer.
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  • thxmiker
    thxmiker CSN Member Posts: 1,278 Member
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    Buckwirth said:

    Not me
    But here is a description from Aetna's site:

    Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is being investigated as a technique to deliver a high dose of radiation to a locally advanced tumor while attempting to protect adjacent normal tissues at the time of surgery. IORT is delivered with applicators and cones attached to the treatment head of high-energy medical linear accelerators. After all or most of the cancer is surgically removed, a large, single dose of high-energy radiation is aimed directly at the tumor site. Nearby healthy tissue is protected with special shields.

    The goal of IORT is to enhance local tumor control. Most patients receiving IORT are concurrently treated with high-dose external beam photon irradiation. The term “intraoperative radiation therapy” may also refer to intraoperative brachytherapy, the temporary or permanent implantation of radioactive seeds.

    They do indicate that it is an approved therapy for Colon Cancer.

    IORT
    I have a friend whom had this done with Testicular cancer. It was a fairly new procedure when he had it done 18 months ago. He had fewer side effects than I did with traditional chemo. It seems to be working. Although he had a unusual cyst near the knee and recently had that biopsied.

    Best Alwyas, mike
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