“Yet, we’re still able to deliver the maximum cancer therapy benefit [with] the optimal treatment to just the right area.”
The program combines a pathologist’s mid-surgery confirmation that the cancer has not spread, with a type of partial breast radiation called brachytherapy. Dr. Sean Park, a Mayo Clinic radiation oncologist, says their research confirmed that the novel approach works well.
“It was a one-year experience with 123 patients. [Cosmetic] outcomes are excellent, and our results are very good – excellent,” says Dr. Park. “All look comparable to the whole breast radiotherapy, if not better in terms of cosmetics.”