Late side-effects with cosmetic relevance following soft X-ray therapy of cutaneous neoplasias

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Rupprecht, R ^a,b   Lippold, A ^a   Auras, C ^a   Bramkamp, G ^a   Breitkopf, C ^a   Elsmann, H J ^a   Habenicht, E M ^a   Jasnoch, V ^a   Muller Pannes H ^a   Schulte, K W ^a   Suter, L ^a  

^a Fachklinik Hornheide   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiation effects; Skin neoplasms; X ray therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TELANGIECTASIA; THICKNESS; TIME; X IRRADIATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CICATRIX; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 33846363960     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01886.x     Document Type: Article

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