High dose rate brachytherapy with customized applicators for malignant facial skin lesions.

Date publication

juillet 2016

Journal

Cancer radiotherapie : journal de la Societe francaise de radiotherapie oncologique

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr PEIFFERT Didier

Tous les auteurs :
Jumeau R, Renard-Oldrini S, Courrech F, Buchheit I, Oldrini G, Vogin G, Peiffert D

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27321412

Résumé

Brachytherapy is a well-known treatment in the management of skin tumors. For facial or scalp lesions, applicators have been developed to deliver non-invasive treatment. We present cases treated with customized applicators with high dose rate system.

Mots clés

Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brachytherapy, instrumentation, Carcinoma, Basal Cell, radiotherapy, Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine, radiotherapy, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, radiotherapy, Facial Neoplasms, radiotherapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Radiodermatitis, etiology, Radiotherapy Dosage, Retrospective Studies, Scalp, Skin Neoplasms, radiotherapy

Référence

Cancer Radiother. 2016 Jul;20(5):341-6