Novel treatment options for nonmelanoma skin cancer: focus on electronic brachytherapy
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Novel treatment options for nonmelanoma skin cancer: focus on electronic brachytherapy
Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is an increasing health care issue in the United States, significantly affecting quality of life and impacting health care costs. Radiotherapy has a long history in the treatment of NMSC. Shortly after the discovery of X-rays and (226)Radium, physicians cured patients with NMSC using these new treatments. Both X-ray therapy and brachytherapy have evolved over the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Devices: Evidence and Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1179-1470
DOI: 10.2147/mder.s61585