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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Jan;37(1):33-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(86)80161-1.

Treatment of basal-cell carcinoma: comparison of radiotherapy and cryotherapy

V L Hall, B J Leppard, J McGill, M E Kesseler, J E White, P Goodwin
Clinical Trial

Treatment of basal-cell carcinoma: comparison of radiotherapy and cryotherapy

V L Hall et al. Clin Radiol. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

A prospective randomised trial to compare radiotherapy and cryotherapy in the treatment of basal-cell carcinomas was carried out in 93 patients. Two years after treatment, 4% of tumours treated with radiotherapy and 39% of those treated with cryotherapy had recurred. It is concluded that cryotherapy does not offer a satisfactory alternative to radiotherapy in the treatment of basal-cell carcinomas.

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