Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: The Lasting Effects of a Fleeting Treatment

Table 3

Selected series reporting cosmetic outcome following breast intraoperative radiotherapy.

Series	Patients	Year	IORT^∗ dose	IORT technique	Outcome time point (months)	Scoring method	Excellent cosmetic outcome (%)	Good cosmetic outcome (%)	Fair or poor cosmetic outcome (%)	Patient satisfaction (%)
Grobmyer et al. [14]	78	2013	20 Gy	kV photons	18	HCS	81	19	0	NR
Lemanski et al. [11]	42	2013	21 Gy	Electrons	60	Physician assessment, patient questionnaire	21	64	11	98
Leonardi et al. [40]	119	2012	21 Gy	Electrons	71	LENT-SOMA	77	NR	23	90
Kimple et al. [47]	71	2011	15 Gy	Electrons	12	Patient reported	43	33	24	87

^∗IORT: intraoperative radiotherapy; Gy: gray; kV: kilovoltage; HCS: Harvard Cosmetic Scale; NR: not reported.