Keloids can be forced into remission with surgical excision and radiation, followed by adjuvant therapy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-406

  Yamawaki, Satoko ^a   Naitoh, Motoko ^a   Ishiko, Toshihiro ^a   Muneuchi, Gan ^b   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

assessment; keloid; operation; radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052971582     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31820d684d     Document Type: Article

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