Mobetron (radiation during surgery?)

cookiegal

I read the press release about this, has anyone considered treatment with it?

cookiegal

 I am so new to treatment I don't think I know how to separate snake oil from promising developments...but I must admit I am curious about this. For all I know it could be worthless.

Has anyone heard anything?

Maybe there is other technology that does something similar? It can be hard to tell from press releases if there is competition.

IOERT and the Mobetron are bringing new hope for breast cancer patients by allowing surgeons and radiation oncologists to give a dose of radiation at the time of surgery. This additional radiation has been shown in clinical uses to reduce patient recurrent rates significantly. In addition, IOERT can reduce the need for post operative radiation, allowing the patient to begin the healing process.

Lindissima

Hi Suz42,

In addition to the Mobetron, there is the  I-Beam. The proceedure  itself is called Intaoperative Radiation Therapy.(IORT)

There is a thread here called Introperative Radiation Therapy with some interesting info and posts on this proceedure. It is mostly available through clinical trials to my knowledge. It has been used a lot in UK and Italy and there is now a big international clinical trial in Europe, Australia and the US called TARGIT. Here is the link on bco.

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/70/topic/740562?page=1#idx_5

I was offered this radiation via a clinical trial.  I was randomized to the IORT arm which means I  would get a dose of radiation directly to the tunor bed at the time of surgery.

In the end, I opted for standard rads because I was too overwhelmed with the diagnosis and some other devastating events in my life at the time to make that decision. But I was very intrigued with this new technology.  And my BS was very enthusiastic about it.

Some of the claims in the press release didn't really jibe with what the rad onc who explained the trial to me said.  She said the purpose of the trial was to see if the proceedure was as good as, more effective or less effective than traditional radiation.  The results wouldn't be known for 5 years or so.  So far, it had been equal in terms of recurrence.

The press release seems to be talking about using the IORT as a boost, followed by a shortened coure of radiation.  That's not what I was offered.  I was offered only the single treatment. 

Hope this helps.   

cookiegal

Thanks for the reply!