Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , April 2009

Intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT) in pancreatic cancer: Joint analysis of the ISIORT-Europe experience

  • Vincenzo Valentini

      Affiliations

    • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiotherapy, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Felipe Calvo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Department of Radiotherapy, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Michele Reni

      Affiliations

    • Istituto San Raffaele, Department of Medical Oncology, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Robert Krempien

      Affiliations

    • Universitat Heidelberg, Department of Radiotherapy, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Felix Sedlmayer

      Affiliations

    • Universitat Paracelsus, Department of Radiotherapy, Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • Markus W. Buchler

      Affiliations

    • Universitat Heidelberg, Department of Surgery, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Valerio Di Carlo

      Affiliations

    • Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Endocrine-Pancreatic Surgery, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni B. Doglietto

      Affiliations

    • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Surgery, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Gerd Fastner

      Affiliations

    • Universitat Paracelsus, Department of Radiotherapy, Salzburg, Austria
    • ,
  • José L. Garcia-Sabrido

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Department of Surgery, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • GianCarlo Mattiucci

      Affiliations

    • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiotherapy, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessio G. Morganti

      Affiliations

    • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiotherapy, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Paolo Passoni

      Affiliations

    • Istituto San Raffaele, Department of Radiotherapy, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Falk Roeder

      Affiliations

    • Universitat Heidelberg, Department of Radiotherapy, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Giuseppe R. D’Agostino

      Affiliations

    • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiotherapy, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiotherapy, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Received 7 May 2008 ,Revised 25 June 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.020

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