Successful treatment of field cancerization of the scalp by surface mould brachytherapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 753-755

  Semrau, S ^a,b   Kunz, M ^a   Baggesen, K ^a   Vogel, H ^a   Buchmann, W ^a   Gross, G ^a   Fietkau, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterloading; Brachytherapy; Radiation therapy; Skin cancer; Surface mould

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINIZATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SPLENOMEGALY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49749094077     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08720.x     Document Type: Letter

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