Nonmelanoma skin cancer treated with electronic brachytherapy: Results at 1 year

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-140

  Bhatnagar, Ajay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cancer Treatment Services Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Electronic brachytherapy; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DESQUAMATION; DRY SKIN; ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875373640     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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