First Breast Cancer Patient Receives Treatment in National Electronic Brachytherapy Registry Launched by Three Physician...(ociety of Breast Surgeons. With theinno...),Health

Date:6/24/2008

ociety of Breast Surgeons. "With the innovative Electronic Brachytherapy System, physicians now have the ability to move breast brachytherapy out of the radiation bunker, offering women more comfortable, more accessible treatment with one of their caregivers actually present in the treatment room. Electronic brachytherapy allows for a much less anxiety-producing environment for patients who already have so much on their minds.

"The fact that three physician organizations involved in the treatment of breast cancer, ASBrS, ABS, and ACRO, have agreed to jointly provide oversight for the Electronic Brachytherapy patient registry speaks to the multi- disciplinary nature of breast brachytherapy treatment decisions and the potential impact this new method of delivering non-radioactive, non- isotope- based radiation treatment may have on patients," added Dr. Beitsch.

"Used to treat cancer for more than 100 years, radiation therapy is a critical component in the treatment of cancer patients, proven to reduce recurrence and potentially improve survival," said Rakesh Patel, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI, co-Principal Investigator of EXIBT, and Director at Large for the American Brachytherapy Society. "Radiation therapy has been increasingly in the news lately, with expanded regulation of radioactive materials announced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Combined with an increasing body of evidence supporting accelerated partial breast irradiation, continued and multi- disciplinary evaluation of Electronic Brachytherapy, a new method of delivering non-isotope-based radiation treatment is timely and extremely relevant.

"The Electronic Brachytherapy patient registry will set new standards for gathering data by carefully correlating specific surgical and radiation dosimetric parameters with patient outcomes. The results should allow both breast surgeons and radiation oncologists to make more informed and collabo
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