Intense pulsed light vs. long-pulsed dye laser treatment of telangiectasia after radiotherapy for breast cancer: a randomized split-lesion trial of two different treatments

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1237-1241

  Nymann, P ^a   Hedelund, L ^a   Haedersdal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Breast neoplasms; Pain; Radiodermatitis; Telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIODERMATITIS; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 66149114830     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09104.x     Document Type: Article

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