Electronic brachytherapy for treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers: clinical results and toxicities.

Purpose: Although surgical approaches are standard for most non-melanomatous skin cancers, some patients are not candidates due to medical co-morbidities or functional or cosmetic or lesion location. High-dose-rate electronic brachytherapy (HDR-EBT) may be an alternative treatment modality.

Material And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted from April 2011 to April 2013.

The feasibility of using ultrasound during follow-up for superficial non-melanoma skin cancers after electronic brachytherapy.

Purpose: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) can be treated with a number of modalities including surgery, topical chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. Amongst the radiotherapeutic options, electronic brachytherapy (eBT) is an appealing treatment as it is usually given in a few fractions, it leads to good outcomes, and is increasingly being used. However, currently no follow-up imaging is routinely used or recommended to evaluate treatment response of NMSC.

Localized anagen effluvium and cataract development following an extended fluoroscopic interventional procedure.

The skin and the eyes are prone to radiation-induced injury in fluoroscopic procedures. The degree of injury is related to various exposure and patient-related factors. We report a man who presented with an alopecic patch on the left occipital scalp following an extended fluoroscopically-guided endovascular procedure.