Regarding IORT.

My understanding is that this is done in the operating room diractly to the exposed tumor. It is usualy done when they exise the tumor and radiated the tumor bed after removal of the tumor. They are starting to apply this to whole tumors without removing them surgicaly. I think this is what Paul had (?) My tumor wrapps around the corotid artery and I am very concerned that a direct hit of high radiation in one short burst may effect the artery wll adversly. Although I have said that this would be my prefered method to go out on. One minute your there...the next your not. Better then a long slow slog through pain and misary of a tumor groowing into all the nerve bundles at the base of my scull.