Early clinical experience with a degraded 4 MeV electron beam in radiotherapy of superficial basal cell carcinoma

Autor:	Assi Valve, Sari Koskenmies, Mikko Tenhunen, Heidi Nurmi, Micaela Hernberg, Samuli Salminen, Anu Anttonen
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Electron beam Skin cancer Clinical trial Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
Zdroj:	Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 100487- (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2405-6316 26941279
DOI:	10.1016/j.phro.2023.100487
Popis:	The most common non-melanoma skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Surgery is the gold standard treatment but also non-surgical alternatives are needed. The purpose of this work was to present the early clinical experiences of degraded 4 MeV electron beam as a treatment method for superficial BCC. Twelve patients underwent two weeks radiation therapy treatment with either 5 × 7 Gy or 2 × 12 Gy. There were no significant differences in treatment outcome with different fractionations or lesion locations. The degraded beam method is a safe and valid non-surgical solution for suitable patients with superficial lesions.
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