A survey of the treatment of 200 cases of basal cell carcinoma (1959–1966 inclusive)

Abstract

The most satisfactory regime for radiotherapeutic treatment of basal cell carcinoma in this study was ten to twelve daily fractions of 400–500 rad, 5 days a week to a total dose of 4000–5000 rad. This method produced the highest cure rate with the least incidence of radionecrosis and the best cosmetic result. The use of implant methods is retained for lesions in difficult sites, i. e. the inner canthus and the nasolabial folds.