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Surface mold brachytherapy for head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer – local control rates and survival: A retrospective analysis

Ebrahim Esmati
1
,
Romina Abyaneh
2
,
Ramin Jaberi
1
,
Sahar Naderinasab
1
,
Soraya Gholami
1
,
Milad Payandeh
1
,
Fereshteh Salarvand
3
,
Alireza Khalilian
1
,
Mahnaz Seiri
4
,
Marzieh Lashkari
2
,
Mohammad Babaei
2
,
Mahdi Aghili
2
,
Ali Kazemian
2
,
Mitchell Kamrava
5
,
Reza Ghalehtaki
1, 2

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. Radiation Oncology Research Center, Cancer Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. Department of Dermatology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. Radiotherapy Ward, Payambaran Hospital, Tehran, Iran
  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2024; 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.144703
Online publish date: 2024/10/28
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