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Simultaneous treatment of multiple basal cell carcinoma lesions.

Br J Radiol

December 2008

Department of Radiation Therapy, Medical Physics and Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada.

We present a rare case of advanced basal cell carcinoma where multiple large lesions, located on the anterior chest wall and back, were treated simultaneously using tomotherapy (TomoTherapy HiArt; TomoTherapy Inc, Madison, WI). A 74-year-old man presented with seven to eight separate extensive lesions on his body, some with a duration of 7 years or more. The image-guidance component of tomotherapy allowed daily verification of the position of the target and critical structures, enabling accurate targeting in the vicinity of sensitive critical structures.

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