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TREATMENT: DOSES

• 35 Pat with 54 keloids, HDR within 6 hours • 1 x 4 Gy + 2 x 3 Gy. 4 recurrences/9 • 1 x 6 Gy + 2 x 4 Gy 1 recurrence /38 • 3 x 6 Gy 0 recurrences /7 • Better cosmetic results were found at the higher-dose schemes.

Better higher doses

Veen RE, Kal HB. Postoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the prevention of keloids. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 15;69(4):1205-8.