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Keloid

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Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Post-operative radiotherapy prevents keloid formation and should be given with superficial energy. Ninety-four percent of radiation oncologists would treat keloids post-operatively, according to the national survey.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Stanley E. Order MD, ScD, FACR (Director Radiation Oncology)

  2. School of Medicine, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Sarah S. Donaldson MD, FACR (Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Order, S.E., Donaldson, S.S. (1990). Keloid. In: Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97160-0_10

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