[Clinical application of radiotherapy for the treatment of giant vascular malformations in oral and maxillofacial region].

Objective: To discuss the clinical use of radiotherapy in the treatment of giant vascular malformation.

Methods: Six patients with giant vascular malformation in oral and maxillofacial region were treated by three dimensional radiation therapy in Department of Stomatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicne, Zhejiang University in the last ten years and the cilinical data were reviewed. The treatment results were evaluated by clinical examination and radiology.

[Postoperative electron beam irradiation therapy for keloid:a follow-up study of 48 patients].

Objective: To explore the effectiveness of postoperative electron beam irradiation therapy for keloid.

Methods: Forty-eight patients with 65 keloid sites were treated by surgical removal and postoperative 25 Gy electron beam irradiation from 1994 to 2002 and followed for over eighteen months. Statistical analysis was performed and therapeutic outcome was evaluated.