TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2006 , Vol 21 , Num 2
Mold brachytherapy in Bowen's disease: a case report and review of the literature
Pervin HÜRMÜZ,1 Sibel ERSOY EVANS,2 Bülent YAPICI,1 Salih GÜRDALLI,3 Yücel SAĞLAM,1 Sedef ŞAHİN,2 Enis ÖZYAR1
1Hacettepe Üniversitesi Radyasyon Onkolojisi Anabilim Dalı, Ankara
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara
3Scottsdate Radiation Oncology Department, ABD Bowen's disease is a disease that must be treated because of its potential to progress to squamous cell carcinoma. There are many treatment options including radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is an effective in the treatment with a variety of application procedures. Here, we present a patient with Bowen disease who was treated with mold brachytherapy in our department and a review of the literature was made. Keywords : Aged, 80 and over; Bowen's disease; brachytherapy; carcinoma/pathology/radiotherapy; skin neoplasms/radiotherapy