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A pioneering breast cancer treatment that replaces weeks of radiotherapy with a single, targeted shot is set to be offered on the NHS.
The dose of radiation is delivered from inside the breast, once a tumour has been removed in surgery.
It would benefit up to 36,000 people and should also save the NHS money.
Draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said it would improve patients' quality of life.
The technique, called intra-operative radiation, is suitable only for patients who have caught their cancer early.
Currently, those patients would have surgery to remove the tumour. They would then face at least another 15 trips to hospital for radiotherapy to kill any remaining cancerous cells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28442549
The dose of radiation is delivered from inside the breast, once a tumour has been removed in surgery.
It would benefit up to 36,000 people and should also save the NHS money.
Draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said it would improve patients' quality of life.
The technique, called intra-operative radiation, is suitable only for patients who have caught their cancer early.
Currently, those patients would have surgery to remove the tumour. They would then face at least another 15 trips to hospital for radiotherapy to kill any remaining cancerous cells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28442549