The use of brachytherapy in the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer: A review

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-388

  Alam, Murad ^a   Nanda, Shivani ^a   Mittal, Bharat B ^a   Kim, Natalie A ^a   Yoo, Simon ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; brachytherapy; interstitial brachytherapy; nonmelanoma skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; surface mold brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

RHENIUM 188;

ALOPECIA; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DESQUAMATION; DRUG IMPLANTATION; EDEMA; ELECTRON THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIPHORA; ERYTHEMA; FIBROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INOPERABLE CANCER; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAIL DYSCHROMIA; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIUM THERAPY; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN CANCER; TELANGIECTASIA; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960419826     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.03.027     Document Type: Review

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