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The Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) held
in Porto, this Tuesday, a surgical procedure
that will use "an innovative method to treat
cancer in Portugal, in the field of
intraoperative radiotherapy.
"This innovative technique allows you to set
aside
[I imagine like putting the organs to one side]
all or part of the normal structures of the
treatment area, the intestines, bladder, urethra
or the stomach," allowing for increased doses of
radiation in the area of greatest risk of tumour
relapse and contributing, thus, an improvement
of local control, with reduced toxicity. "
The technique, already used in more than 150
centres worldwide, allows for radiation to the
patient during surgery for tumour removal, "as a
complement to the conventional radiotherapy,"
adds the radiotherapist responsible for the
procedure, Olga Sousa.
The IPO has an operating room built next to a
bunker
which "allows the patient to be temporarily
evacuated during the operation for the
application of the treatment with radiation,
concluding the operation with the treatment
already applied."
"It's one of the very few European centres with
this kind of functionality and features, which
represents an improvement for the patients
treated here" says one health unit
representative.(...)
Portuguese
Institute of Oncology (IPO)
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