TARGIT at the consensus meeting, St Gallen Breast Cancer symposium, March 2011

19 March 2011

At the 12th International St.Gallen Breast Cancer Conference 
16-19 March 2011 / St.Gallen, Switzerland,(~4200 delegates) at the Consensus session on the last day of the conference voted in favour of using intraoperative radiotherapy.

The members of the consensus panel are listed here

Results  of the responses to the following questions were as follows:

In association with breast conserving surgery, partial breast irradiation (intraoperative) is acceptable

– As definitive radiation, without any external beam therapy?

Yes= 48.9%, No=35.6%, Don’t know= 15.6%

In association with breast conserving surgery,  partial breast irradiation (intraoperative) is acceptable

– Instead of external beam boost to tumour bed?

Yes= 60.9%, No=17.4%, Don’t know= 21.7%

 

Should partial breast radiotherapy be applied  in selected patients (including intraoperative)

– Elderly (> age 70) ?

Yes = 86.7%, No=6.7%, Don’t know=6.7%

Should partial breast radiotherapy be applied  in selected patients (including intraoperative)

– Lymphoma  survivors after mantle field RT?

Yes= 37.2%, No=25.6%, Don’t know=37.2%