Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg

Superficial brachytherapy (BT) is used to treat skin cancers at various locations. In areas of poor vascularization, which are subjected to constant trauma, such as extremities, radiotherapy may cause prolonged healing, poorly treatable chronic ulcerations, and even necrosis, requiring subsequent su...

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Autor principal: Rembielak, Agata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33293981
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2020.98121
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description Superficial brachytherapy (BT) is used to treat skin cancers at various locations. In areas of poor vascularization, which are subjected to constant trauma, such as extremities, radiotherapy may cause prolonged healing, poorly treatable chronic ulcerations, and even necrosis, requiring subsequent surgical intervention. In this case study, we report on an elderly patient with basal cell carcinoma located on lower leg that was treated with superficial BT. The cancer was cured, but the patient developed complex and prolonged skin toxicity that eventually resolved after 15 months.
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spelling pubmed-76902222020-12-07 Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg Rembielak, Agata J Contemp Brachytherapy Original Paper Superficial brachytherapy (BT) is used to treat skin cancers at various locations. In areas of poor vascularization, which are subjected to constant trauma, such as extremities, radiotherapy may cause prolonged healing, poorly treatable chronic ulcerations, and even necrosis, requiring subsequent surgical intervention. In this case study, we report on an elderly patient with basal cell carcinoma located on lower leg that was treated with superficial BT. The cancer was cured, but the patient developed complex and prolonged skin toxicity that eventually resolved after 15 months. Termedia Publishing House 2020-08-21 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7690222/ /pubmed/33293981 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2020.98121 Text en Copyright © 2020 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title_full Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title_fullStr Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title_full_unstemmed Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title_short Complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
title_sort complex and prolonged skin toxicity after superficial brachytherapy for basal cell carcinoma on the lower leg
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33293981
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2020.98121
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