Ohio State University and Intraop Medical of Salt Lake City, UT, will undertake a clinical study of the effectiveness of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in the treatment of lung cancer.
The protocol is based on a pilot study of about 100 patients treated with IORT at the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain. In that study, patients were taken from surgery to the radiation department in the middle of their surgical procedures, given the IORT treatment using a conventional electron linear accelerator, then returned to the operating room for completion of the surgery.
The study showed significant improvement in survival rates compared to conventional treatment for lung cancer, but the difficulty of transporting the patients for IORT has limited its use.
U.S. investigators believe that Intraop's Mobetron mobile electron-beam system could solve the problem. Mobetron can be moved between operating rooms and does not require room shielding. Ohio State University has acquired a Mobetron for use in this study and in treatment of patients.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 12, 2004
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