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Successful imiquimod treatment of multiple basal cell carcinomas after radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease |
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 15, Number 1, 52-5, January-February 2005, Clinical report
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Author(s) : Mirjam Beyeler, Mirjana Urosevic, Bernhard Pestalozzi, Reinhard Dummer |
Summary : We present a case of a 55-year-old male patient who developed five basal cell carcinomas 23 years after radiation therapy of Hodgkin’s disease. In 1980 he received radiation therapy twice. Due to relapses, he was treated with aggressive polychemotherapy and underwent autologous stem cell transplantation, which then led to complete remission. Until now he is in complete remission. However, multiple superficial basal cell carcinomas have developed on irradiation fields that have been successfully treated by imiquimod. |
Keywords : imiquimod, immune response modulation, basal cell carcinoma, postirradiation cancer risk |
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