title: Pacemaker and radiotherapy in breast cancer: is targeted intraoperative radiotherapy the answer in this setting?
abstract: We present the case of an 83 year old woman with a cardiac pacemaker located close in distance to a subsequently diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. Short range intraoperative radiotherapy was given following wide local excision and sentinel node biopsy. The challenges of using ionising radiation with pacemakers is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: The Breast Unit, Academic Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK. m.keshtgar@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mohammed Rs
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Keshtgar
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pigott
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gauter-Fleckenstein
authors.forename: Frederik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wenz
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008408:Mastectomy; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011379:Prognosis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy