title: Treatment of lower limb basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas with radiotherapy.
abstract: In order to evaluate the role of photon based radiotherapy regimens in the treatment of lower limb basal cell and squamous carcinomas, a retrospective analysis of the results of X-ray treatment to 65 such lesions in 60 patients was made. The mean age was 73.3 years, with a range of between 46 and 93 years. Seventy-seven per cent (46/60) of the patients were female. The overall recurrence rate was 4.6% (3/65), and the radionecrosis rate was 9.2% (6/65), with no significant bias in terms of sex or laterality. For regimens giving an NSD of between 1700 rets and 1850 rets to a surface area of less than 30 cm2, the risk of treatment failure was less than 6%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Poole General Hospital, Dorset, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Podd
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000528:radiation effects; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome