More than 3,000 early-stage breast cancer patients have been treated with intraoperative radiation therapy using the Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system from iCAD.
Intraoperative radiation therapy allows radiation oncologists and breast cancer surgeons to provide a full course of radiation treatment in one day to women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the company said. Xoft Axxent uses a proprietary miniaturized x-ray as the radiation source to deliver treatment directly to cancerous areas, while sparing healthy tissue and organs, according to iCAD.
