Skin cancer is an increasingly common condition, particularly keratinocytic cancers like basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Surgery has been the standard treatment for these, but affects functional and/or cosmetic outcomes. Definitive...
Clinicians use Xstrahl equipment to treat a variety of conditions Including non-melanoma skin cancer, and other benign and palliative applications.
Kilo-voltage X-ray therapy has long established itself as a highly effective method for treating non-melanoma skin cancer and a number of other oncology diseases. One of the most interesting scientific area in the field of radiation therapy is radiosensitization by...
Most clinicians think of radiotherapy in the context of cancer treatment. Although superficial radiation therapy is often used to treat skin cancer, there are many benign conditions where this treatment modality provides excellent clinical outcomes and a positive...
Skin cancer is the most common cancer and the incidence is growing. Most are found in the head and neck. While surgery is the mainstay of treatment, it always leads to tissue sacrifice. New developments in radiotherapy (RT) have resulted in having almost similar...
Xstrahl 150 was used to treat Bowen's disease with a forehead lesion with no additional loss of hair or negative cosmetic impact.
With the rates of skin cancers ever increasing, especially in places with high sun prevalence, treatment of these conditions can cause not only a demand on resources, but there is a lack of unified response and the best way to treat. This is why Prof. Gerald Fogarty...
Bowen’s disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ of the skin usually characterized by slow-growing, red and scaly patches of skin. Bowen’s disease can be symptomatic and can progress to invasive SCC causing morbidity and even mortality. In their...