High-dose-rate brachytherapy in a large squamous cell carcinoma of the hand

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-275

  Fabrini, Maria Grazia ^a   Perrone, Franco ^b   De Liguoro, Mario ^a   Cionini, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Epithelioma; Hand; HDR; Skin; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46849107932     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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