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Treatment Selection for Superficial Radiotherapy

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Superficial radiotherapy is a reasonable nonsurgical approach for the treatment of primary, nonaggressive basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma in patients where surgical intervention is either declined, unadvisable due to comorbidities, or potentially associated with significant functional or cosmetic limitations.

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  1. Division of Dermatology, Florida State University College of Medicine, Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee, 1707 Riggins Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32308, USA

    Armand B. Cognetta Jr. (Chief)

  2. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1858 West Grandview Boulevard, Erie, PA, 16509-1025, USA

    Christopher M. Wolfe

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  1. Florida State University College of Medi, Division of Dermatology, Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee, Riggins Road 1707, Tallahassee, 32308, Florida, USA

    Armand B. Cognetta Jr.

  2. College of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, 32610, Florida, USA

    William M. Mendenhall

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Cognetta, A.B., Wolfe, C.M. (2013). Treatment Selection for Superficial Radiotherapy. In: Cognetta Jr., A., Mendenhall, W. (eds) Radiation Therapy for Skin Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6986-5_8

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