Role of adjuvant radiotherapy in recurrent earlobe keloids

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 162-166

  Dinh, Quan ^a   Veness, Michael ^a   Richards, Shawn ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign disease; Hypertrophic scar; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; EAR LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; KELOID; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; KELOID; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 4043084812     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00079.x     Document Type: Review

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