一種新型影像引導放療(IGRT)技術有望通過更加精確的影像檢查和更有針對性的藥物輸送來改善乳腺的保守治療。

Ipswich醫院NHS Trust(Ipswich, UK)的乳腺癌患者是英國首批參加評估IGRT臨床研究的患者，該技術能夠確保臨床醫生在治療的時候對癌癥更加準確的定位。該醫院的醫生使用On-Board Imager設備，是由Varian醫療系統公司(Palo Alto, CA, USA)開發的，能夠更好的進行乳腺癌切除術后放療的影像檢查。
 
Image-Guided Radiotherapy Trial for Breast Cancer Patients
 
A new image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) technique is expected to improve breast-sparing treatments through more accurate imaging and more targeted dose delivery.

Breast cancer patients at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust (Ipswich, UK) are among the first in the United Kingdom to participate in a study to evaluate IGRT, which enables clinicians to more accurately image the cancer site at the time of treatment. Clinicians at the hospital are using the On-Board Imager device, developed by Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA, USA), to better image the post-lumpectomy breast for radiotherapy.