BACKGROUND: Assuming interinstitutional differences in the treatment of bone metastases, a survey of German radiotherapy institutions was carried out. The goal was to demonstrate regional strategies in pretherapeutic diagnosis, radiation treatment, and follow-up....
In the United States, the incidence of skin cancer is greater than that of all other cancers combined, and early diagnosis can be lifesaving. A substantial public health concern, skin cancer is increasingly being diagnosed and managed by primary care physicians. Basal...
PURPOSE: To retrospectively review patterns of failure, cosmesis, and outcomes according to treatment modality of patients with histologically confirmed epithelial skin cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The records of 468 patients having 531 lesions were analyzed; 389...
BCC is a slow-growing, locally invasive malignant epidermal skin tumour which mainly affects Caucasians. BCC tends to infiltrate tissues in a three-dimensional contiguous fashion through the irregular growth of sub-clinical anger-like outgrowths. Metastasis is...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of local superficial radiotherapy with respect to local control, survival, and toxicity for patients with "minimal" stage IA cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Mycosis Fungoides). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between 1954 and 1996 a total of 21...
BACKGROUND: Although radiotherapy of skin tumors has lost its former preeminence, there is still need for this modality. The aim of this study was, therefore, to determine the frequency of radiogenic ulcers and tumors following soft x-ray therapy of skin lesions....
This is a retrospective analysis of the results of kilovoltage irradiation given to prevent the regrowth of 203 keloids excised at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Lutheran Hospital in Moline, Illinois, and Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids,...