Low Rate of Keloid Recurrences Following Treatment of Keloidectomy Sites with a Biologically Effective Dose 30 of Superficial Radiation

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Brian Berman MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research Aventura, FL

Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD
Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research Aventura, FL

Michael H. Gold, MD
Gold Skin Care Center, Nashville, TN

David J. Goldberg, JD, MD
Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ

Joshua Fox
Advanced Dermatology, NY, NY

George Schmieder, DO
Park Avenue Dermatology, Orange Park, FL

Keywords

Keloid, SRT, Superfical Radiation Therapy, keloidectomy, Recurerrence

Abstract

Recurrences of keloids at sites of previously excised keloids is a well-recognized common occurrence following keloidectomy, and based on the published literature, has been reported to occur approximately in 71% of cases (1).  Superficial radiation reduces wound fibroblast proliferation and enhances apoptosis (2).  In this multi-center, case series report the recurrence rate of keloids post keloidectomy with peri-operative treatment with a biological effective dose 30 of superficial radiation (3) was determined to be 3.0%

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2. Liu X1, Liu JZ, Zhang E, Li P, Zhou P, Cheng TM, Zhou YG. Impaired wound healing after local soft x-ray irradiation in rat skin: time course study of pathology, proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis. J Trauma. 2005 Sep;59(3):682-90.

3. Kal HB and Veen RE. Biologically Effective Doses of Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Prevention of Keloids. Dose-Effect Relationship. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie November 2005, Volume 181, Issue 11, pp 717–7

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Nov 9, 2018
DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.2.6.7

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Berman MD, PhD, B., Nestor, MD, PhD, M. S., Gold, MD, M. H., Goldberg, JD, MD, D. J., Fox, J., & Schmieder, DO, G. (2018). Low Rate of Keloid Recurrences Following Treatment of Keloidectomy Sites with a Biologically Effective Dose 30 of Superficial Radiation. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, 2(6). https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.2.6.7
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Vol 2, No 6 (2018)
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Research Letters
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Author Biography

Brian Berman MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research Aventura, FL

Professor Emeritus,
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
Miami, FL