In our current practice we consider the following preoperative factors to select patients suitable for IORT: age > 50 years, absence of lobular histology, tumor size ≤ 2 cm, pN0 or pNmic, according to APBI consensus statement, including also ki67 ≤ 20%, non triple negative receptor status and G1-G2.
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