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The patient (eyes open) and the Intrabeam device. The breast is covered with lead shield (blue). [the patient has given explicit permission for this photograph to be published]
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F1
The patient did not feel any pain and tolerated the procedure well (figure 1).
The spherical applicator is inserted in the tumour bed and the target breast tissue is wrapped around with a purse string.
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F2
She remained still during the 22 minutes while radiotherapy (20 Gy at surface) was delivered to the tumour bed (figure 2).