TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonmelanoma Cancers of the Skin
AU - Perez, Carlos A.
AU - Altchek, Edgar D.
AU - Stern, Robert S.
AU - Preston, Diana S.
PY - 1993/4/22
Y1 - 1993/4/22
N2 - To the Editor: In their review article “Nonmelanoma Cancers of the Skin” (Dec. 3 issue),1 Drs. Preston and Stern should have pointed out that radiation therapy properly delivered by competent radiation oncologists results in a tumor recurrence rate of 5 percent for basal-cell carcinoma and 10 percent for squamous-cell carcinoma. Furthermore, their description of “undesirable contour changes” is not borne out by the existing literature. Chondritis, tissue necrosis, and wound breakdown, which they describe as potential complications of radiation therapy, are observed in less than 2 percent of the patients treated. Their statement that “Longer-term difficulties, including carcinogenesis and radiation…
AB - To the Editor: In their review article “Nonmelanoma Cancers of the Skin” (Dec. 3 issue),1 Drs. Preston and Stern should have pointed out that radiation therapy properly delivered by competent radiation oncologists results in a tumor recurrence rate of 5 percent for basal-cell carcinoma and 10 percent for squamous-cell carcinoma. Furthermore, their description of “undesirable contour changes” is not borne out by the existing literature. Chondritis, tissue necrosis, and wound breakdown, which they describe as potential complications of radiation therapy, are observed in less than 2 percent of the patients treated. Their statement that “Longer-term difficulties, including carcinogenesis and radiation…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199304223281614
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199304223281614
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8455696
AN - SCOPUS:0027457084
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 328
SP - 1199
EP - 1200
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 16
ER -