Efficacy and safety of electronic brachytherapy for superficial and nodular basal cell carcinoma

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 231-238

  Ballester Sánchez, Rosa ^a   Pons Llanas, Olga ^a   Candela Juan, Cristian ^a   Celada Alvarez, Francisco Javier ^a   De Unamuno Bustos, Blanca ^a   Llavador Ros, Margarita ^a   Ballesta Cuñat, Antonio ^a   Barker, Christopher A ^b   Tormo Mico, Alejandro ^a   Botella Estrada, Rafael ^a   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Electronic brachytherapy; Skin brachytherapy; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NODULAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SAFETY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN ULCER; SUN EXPOSURE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84934286971     PISSN: 1689832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2015.52140     Document Type: Article

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