Non-irradiated area of intraoperative radiotherapy with electron technique: outcomes and pattern of failure in early-stage breast cancer from a single-center, registry study

IORT with electron beams with strict patient selection criteria and strict large cone size is still an acceptable treatment for select patients with early-stage breast cancer. However, our new findings support extreme caution in the non-irradiated area beneath the skin around the tumor cavity. Given the constraints of our sample size, these findings should be interpreted cautiously and warrant further investigation in larger, more comprehensive studies.