Interstitial Cat

1. Site of recent Lumpectomy that will be treated with Interstitial Catheters.

2. A series of needles are inserted through the cancer site in a pre-planned pattern. Dr Tokita and his staff determine this pattern preoperatively. The patient is left with a series of plastic green tubes in the breast.

3. Post-operatively; the patients will go to The Cancer Center of Irvine, Radiation Therapy Department where, under the direction of Dr Kenneth Tokita, the radiation is delivered. In general this appointment will be the day after surgery, or the first working day, if the surgery was done on a Friday. (see Brachytherapy for more info)