Predictors of recurrence after radiotherapy for non-melanoma skin cancer |
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| Authors: | L. Khan D. Breen L. Zhang J. Balogh G. Czarnota J. Lee M.N. Tsao E.A. Barnes |
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| Affiliation: | *University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. |
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| Abstract: | Predictive factors of recurrence were examined in 448 non-melanoma skin cancers (72% basal cell carcinoma, 28% squamous cell carcinoma) treated with radiotherapy. The overall recurrence rate was 15.8% at a median follow-up of 18.4 months. In multivariate analysis, significant factors for recurrence were age (p = 0.0197), tumour size 2 cm or greater (p = 0.0095), immunosuppression (p = 0.0082), and treatment modality (p = 0.0009). |
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| Keywords: | Skin cancer recurrence radiotherapy |
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