Such devices and methods find use, for example, in biopsy and in lumpectomy procedures.

The invention provides a method and device for applying radiation to a wound cavity resulting from a lumpectomy.

The method may be performed for a surgical biopsy or lumpectomy at the target site within a patient's body.

Removal of a small part of the breast (only the tumour and some surrounding tissue) is called a lumpectomy, or partial mastectomy if a larger area of the breast is removed.

Removal of a small part of the breast - only the tumour and some surrounding tissue - is called a lumpectomy, or partial mastectomy if a larger area of the breast is removed.

BCT with lumpectomy plus breast RT is suitable for most women with duct cancer in place.

Removal of a small part of the breast (only the tumour and some surrounding tissue) is called a lumpectomy, or partial mastectomy if a larger area of the breast is removed.

BCT with lumpectomy plus breast RT is appropriate for most women with ductal carcinoma in-situ.

The expulsion of a little piece of the chest (just the tumor and encompassing tissue) is called lumpectomy or incomplete mastectomy, is erased if an extensive range of the breast.

Removal of a small part of the breast - only the tumour and some surrounding tissue - is called a lumpectomy, or partial mastectomy if a larger area of the breast is removed.

For patients desirous of breast-conserving therapy (BCT), lumpectomy plus breast RT is typically the preferred approach, because it provides long-term survival rates equivalent to that achieved with mastectomy.

For patients desirous of breast-conserving therapy (BCT), lumpectomy plus breast RT is typically the preferred approach, because it provides long-term survival rates equivalent to that achieved with mastectomy.

For patients who want breast preservation therapy (BCT), lumpectomy plus breast RT is usually the preferred approach because it provides long-term survival equivalent to that achieved with mastectomy.

For patients who want breast preservation therapy (BCT), lumpectomy plus breast RT is usually the preferred approach because it provides long-term survival equivalent to that achieved with mastectomy.

figure 1b: status after tumorectomy in the upper-inner quadrant of the right breast.