Early Clinical Experience with a Degraded 4 MeV Electron Beam in Radiotherapy of Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma

Overview

Journal Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2023 Sep 14

PMID 37705728

Authors

Assi Valve

Sari Koskenmies

Mikko Tenhunen

Heidi Nurmi

Micaela Hernberg

Samuli Salminen

Anu Anttonen

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Abstract

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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