HDR brachytherapy for superficial non-melanoma skin cancers

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-217

  Gauden, Ruth ^a   Pracy, Martin ^a   Avery, Anne Marie ^a   Hodgetts, Ian ^a   Gauden, Stan ^a  

^a LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cosmesis; HDR brachytherapy; local control; non melanoma skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN TOXICITY; TRUNK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TASMANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875869871     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02466.x     Document Type: Article

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