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Adjuvant Intraoperative Radiation Therapy During Duodenopancreatectomy

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Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is a modern oncological treatment, utilizing radiotherapy and surgery at the same time. The idea to administer radiation to internal structures was first published by Carl Beck, a Berlin surgeon, in 1908 in a paper entitled “On external Roentgen treatment of internal structures (eventration treatment)” [1].

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Glaser, K., Bodner, E., Klingler, A. (1993). Adjuvant Intraoperative Radiation Therapy During Duodenopancreatectomy. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Standards in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77437-9_75

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