Radiotherapy of basal cell carcinoma of the face and head: Importance of low dose per fraction on long-term outcome

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Olschewski, Thomas ^a   Bajor, Katharina ^a   Lang, Birgit ^b   Lang, Eugen ^b   Seegenschmiedt, Michael H ^a  

^a ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b Abteilung für Dermatologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy dose fractionation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645220824     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2006.05880.x     Document Type: Article

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