title: Treatment of basal-cell carcinoma: comparison of radiotherapy and cryotherapy.
abstract: A prospective randomised trial to compare radiotherapy and cryotherapy in the treatment of basal-cell carcinomas was carried out in 93 patients. Two years after treatment, 4% of tumours treated with radiotherapy and 39% of those treated with cryotherapy had recurred. It is concluded that cryotherapy does not offer a satisfactory alternative to radiotherapy in the treatment of basal-cell carcinomas.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation