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Title: About IntraOp Medical


1
About IntraOp Medical
  • Co-founded in 1993 by Dr. Donald Goer
  • Makers of the Mobetron, the first fully portable,
    self-shielding electron beam linear accelerator
  • The Mobetron is used to administer intraoperative
    electron-beam radiation therapy (IOERT)
  • 10 hospitals in North America have installed the
    Mobetron 23 are in use worldwide

2
IOERT and Breast Cancer
  • IOERT gaining traction as cutting-edge treatment
    for breast cancer patients around the world
  • Dr. Umberto Veronesi, Director of the European
    Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy and
    world-renowned breast surgeon, has pioneered the
    use of IOERT for this purpose

3
Dr. Umberto Veronesi Background
  • Dr. Veronesi has been a pioneering breast surgeon
    for nearly 40 years
  • His clinical trials established breast conserving
    therapy rather than mastectomy as the
    standard of care for breast cancer patients
  • His mission is to shift the breast cancer
    treatment paradigm from maximum tolerable
    treatment to minimum effective treatment

4
Dr. Umberto Veronesi Current Study
  • Dr. Veronesis research studies using IOERT for
    breast cancer began in 1999 and more than 3200
    Italian women have taken part in it
  • Dr. Veronesis current study seeks to determine
    whether women who receive breast-conserving
    surgery can have their post-surgical radiation
    reduced from the standard 6 weeks of daily
    radiation treatments to a 2-minute treatment of
    IOERT given at the time of surgery
  • More than 1300 women have participated in this
    latest randomized trial

5
Study Results
  • Dr. Veronesi presented the first findings of his
    randomized trial at the recent ISIORT conference
    in Madrid, Spain (June 2008)
  • Patients were divided into two groups that
    received one of two types of treatment
  • Breast conserving surgery and a single dose of
    IOERT
  • Breast conserving surgery and traditional 6 weeks
    of post-operative radiation therapy
  • Dr. Veronesis study reported that, to date,
    women who received a single dose of IOERT had
    identical control, survival and comestic results
    as those who underwent the standard 6 week
    radiation regimen

6
The Bombshell
  • A single dose of IOERT may be equivalent in
    outcome to 6 weeks of post-operative radiation
    therapy.
  • Many women can be successfully treated with
    IOERT rather than undergo a long course of
    radiation therapy.

7
What are the Benefits of Single-Dose IOERT?
  • Single-dose radiation treatment means single-day
    treatment
  • Patients get back to their lives more quickly
  • Patients are spared the expense, time, and
    trouble of 6 weeks of daily radiation
  • Patients can have oncoplastic reconstruction at
    the time of surgery rather than have to return
    many months later for a second surgery
  • IOERT gives doctors an edge on treating cancer
  • Doctors can apply radiation to the exact area
    that requires treatment, avoiding healthy tissue
  • Doctors dont have to wait until a patient heals
    to deliver life-saving radiation

8
Where Can Breast Cancer Patients Receive
Single-Dose IOERT Treatment?
  • Single-dose IOERT treatment for breast cancer is
    widely available in Europe and Asia
  • There is only one facility in the United States
    that offers single-dose IOERT breast cancer
    treatment
  • The University of North Carolina Lineberger
    Comprehensive Cancer Center uses IntraOps
    Mobetron to administer single-dose IOERT to
    breast cancer patients

9
Why Arent More American Hospitals Offering
IOERT Treatment?
  • Cost
  • American hospitals do not want to pay for
    additional devices that they are not certain they
    will quickly break even on
  • American hospitals are not certain insurance
    companies will cover the treatment
    sufficiently, or at all
  • Knowledge
  • Many American doctors have been waiting for the
    results of the Veronesi randomized trials before
    considering adopting this technique
  • Availability
  • IOERT equipment is not yet widely available in
    the United States

10
Available for Comment
  • As manufacturers of the only machine in the
    United States capable of delivering single-dose
    IOERT to breast cancer patients, IntraOp Medical
    is poised to answer questions and comment on Dr.
    Veronesis recent findings.
  • IntraOp Medicals founder, Dr. Donald Goer, as
    well as representatives from the University of
    North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
    Center, are available for comment. A patient who
    recently received single-dose IOERT from the
    Mobetron at UNC is also available for comment.

11
Spokespeople
  • IntraOp Medical
  • Dr. Donald Goer, Founder and Chief Scientist
  • John Powers, CEO
  • The University of North Carolina Lineberger
    Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Dr. Joel Tepper, Professor and Chair of Radiation
    Oncology
  • Dr. David Ollila, Associate Professor and
    Surgical Director for the Multidisciplinary
    Breast program and Multidisciplinary Melanoma
    Program
  • Patient
  • Arleen Sharwell, single-dose IOERT breast cancer
    patient at the University of North Carolina
    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

12
Additional Resources I
  • Biographies
  • Dr. Donald Goer
  • Dr. Joel Tepper
  • Dr. David Ollila
  • Case Study
  • Arleen Sharwell
  • Video
  • Interview with Dr. Umberto Veronesi from the
    European Society of Surgical Oncology meeting
    (2006)
  • Mobetron in use at the Ohio State University
    Comprehensive Cancer Center

13
Additional Resources II
  • Other documents
  • Single-dose treatment brochure
  • IOERT breast cancer brochure
  • Nagoya University in Japan announces single-dose
    IOERT treatment program for breast cancer
    patients

14
For More Information
  • Media Contact
  • Regina Nisita
  • Affect Strategies
  • 212.398.9680 x145
  • rnisita_at_affectstrategies.com
  • Corporate Contact
  • Wink Jones
  • IntraOp Medical
  • wjones_at_intraopmedical.com
  • 303.447.1709
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