LONG TERM RESULTS OF PDR BRACHYTHERAPY FOR LIP CANCER

Long term results of PDR brachytherapy for lip cancer

Purpose: To evaluate the long time outcome with regard to local tumour control and side effects of a pulsed dose rate (PDR) monobrachytherapy of primary or recurrent Cable Entry Wallplate cancer of the lip.Material and methods: Between 1995 and 2007 we treated 43 patients with primary or recurrent clinical T1-T3N0 lip cancers.There were 22 T1 patie

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Comparison of parasite load by qPCR and histopathological changes of inner and outer edge of ulcerated cutaneous lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

BackgroundCutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an infectious vector-borne disease caused by protozoa of the Leishmania genus that affects humans and animals.The distribution of parasites in the lesion is not uniform, and there are divergences in the literature about the choice of the better sampling site for diagnosis-inner or outer edge of the ulcerate

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