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Electron beam therapy for difficult cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
MILLER R.A.,
SPITTLE MARGARET F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb04536.x
Subject(s) - basal cell , basal cell carcinoma , medicine , dermatology , oncology , pathology
SUMMARY Electron beam therapy was used to treat twenty‐nine patients with squamous or basal cell carcinomas considered unsuitable for surgery or conventional superficial X‐ray therapy. Primary control failed in two patients at 2 and 5 years. Good cosmetic and functional results occurred in all patients treated. The advantages of this therapy in the management of cutaneous tumours which are difficult to treat are discussed.