Is radiation therapy for keloids acceptable? the risk of radiation-induced carcinogenesis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1196-1201

  Ogawa, Rei ^a   Yoshitatsu, Sumiko ^a   Yoshida, Ken ^a   Miyashita, Tsuguhiro ^a  

^a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; KELOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; THYROID CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; KELOID; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349843660     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b5a3ae     Document Type: Article

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