Surgical excision and postoperative radiotherapy for keloids

• Main Authors: Rei Ogawa (Author), Mamiko Tosa (Author), Teruyuki Dohi (Author), Satoshi Akaishi (Author), Shigehiko Kuribayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Keloids can be treated in a number of ways, including by surgery. Multiple studies now show that while surgical monotherapy associates with extremely high rates of recurrence (50%-80%), postoperative radiotherapy can significantly reduce these recurrence rates. Ongoing improvements in radiation tech...