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Intraoperative radiation therapy for brain metastasis in a pregnant patient: a case report

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We present the rare case of a 42-year-old woman with oligometastatic lung adenocarcinoma in her first trimester of pregnancy who was treated for brain metastases with metastasectomy and intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) using the INTRABEAM® system (Zeiss AG, Jena, Germany). This case underscores the potential of IORT in optimizing cancer treatment while safeguarding fetal health in pregnant patients.

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  1. Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology, Katharinen Hospital—Klinikum Stuttgart, Kriegsbergstr. 60, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    K. P. Aninditha, S. Baumbach, T. Ellethy, G. Klumpp & M. W. Münter

  2. Department of Radiation Protection and Radiation Physics, Katharinen Hospital—Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    A. Golle, S. Kuhn & N. Wegner

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Katharinen Hospital—Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    O. Ganslandt

  4. Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany

    S. Kuhn

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K.P. Aninditha, S. Baumbach, T. Ellethy, G. Klumpp, A. Golle, S. Kuhn, N. Wegner, O. Ganslandt, and M.W. Münter declare that they have no competing interests.

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Aninditha, K.P., Baumbach, S., Ellethy, T. et al. Intraoperative radiation therapy for brain metastasis in a pregnant patient: a case report. Strahlenther Onkol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-024-02239-1

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