An Overview on Radiotherapy: From Its History to Its Current Applications in Dermatology

Serena Gianfaldoni; Roberto Gianfaldoni; Uwe Wollina; Jacopo Lotti; Georgi Tchernev; Torello Lotti

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2017.122

Authors

Serena Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Roberto Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Uwe Wollina Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen
Jacopo Lotti G. Marconi University, Department of Nuclear Physics, Subnuclear and Radiation, Rome
Georgi Tchernev Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery; Onkoderma, Private Clinic for Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology and Surgery, Sofia 1407
Torello Lotti Universitario di Ruolo, Dipartimento di Scienze Dermatologiche, UniversitÃ degli Studi di Firenze, FacoltÃ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dermatology, Via Vittoria Colonna 11, Rome 00186

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.122

Keywords:

radiotherapy, historical evolution, therapeutic option, cancers, cutaneous malignant diseases

Abstract

For more than a century, radiotherapy has been an effective treatment for oncologic patients. The Authors report a brief history of the radiation therapy and its actual indication for the treatments of cutaneous malignant diseases.

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