Intraoperative radiotherapy: health professional and patient preferences, quality of life and cosmesis - secondary endpoints of the TARGIT-A Trial

Tammy Corica

doi:10.4225/23/5b3479f048951

Intraoperative radiotherapy: health professional and patient preferences, quality of life and cosmesis - secondary endpoints of the TARGIT-A Trial

Tammy Corica

UWA Medical School

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Abstract

Early breast cancer is usually treated with a combination of surgery and radiotherapy. Standard external beam radiotherapy takes 2-6 weeks to complete. In the International randomised controlled TARGIT-A Trial, a single dose of intra-operative radiotherapy was compared to standard radiotherapy. Tammy Corica investgated cosmetic and quality of life outcomes and health professional and patient preferences as secondary endpoints of TARGIT-A. The single dose was found to be acceptable by patients and health professionals, improved treatment-related quality of life and did not adversely affect cosmetic outcome; all are important points for patients and their doctors to consider when making treatment-related decisions.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Nowak, Anna, Supervisor Joseph, David, Supervisor Saunders, Christobel, Supervisor Bulsara, Mahesh, Supervisor
Award date	23 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4225/23/5b3479f048951
Publication status	Unpublished - 2018

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Intraoperative radiotherapy: health professional and patient preferences, quality of life and cosmesis - secondary endpoints of the TARGIT-A Trial

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