@Article{Ballester-Sánchez2015,
journal="Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy",
issn="1689-832X",
volume="7",
number="3",
year="2015",
title="Original paper
Efficacy and safety of electronic brachytherapy for superficial and nodular basal cell carcinoma",
abstract=" Purpose:   Surface electronic brachytherapy (EBT) is an alternative radiotherapy solution to external beam electron radiotherapy and high-dose-rate radionuclide-based brachytherapy. In fact, it is also an alternative solution to surgery for a subgroup of patients. The objective of this work is to confirm the clinical efficacy, toxicity and cosmesis of a new EBT system, namely Esteya® in the treatment of nodular and superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC).    Material and methods:  This is a prospective single-center, non-randomized pilot study to assess the efficacy and safety of EBT in nodular and superficial BCC using the Esteya® system. The study was conducted from June 2014 to February 2015. The follow up time was 6 months for all cases.    Results:   Twenty patients with 23 lesions were included. A complete response was documented in all lesions (100%). A low level of toxicity was observed after the 4th fraction in all cases. Erythema was the most frequent adverse event. Cosmesis was excellent, with more than 60% of cases without skin alteration and with subtle changes in the rest.    Conclusions:   Electronic brachytherapy with Esteya® appears to be an effective, simple, safe, and comfortable treatment for nodular and superficial BCC associated with excellent cosmesis. It could be a good choice for elderly patients, patients with contraindications for surgery (due to comorbidities or anticoagulant drugs) or patients where surgery would result in a more disfiguring outcome. A longer follow-up and more studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results.",
author="Ballester-Sánchez, Rosa
and Pons-Llanas, Olga
and Candela-Juan, Cristian
and Celada-Alvarez, Francisco Javier
and de Unamuno-Bustos, Blanca
and Llavador-Ros, Margarita
and Ballesta-Cuñat, Antonio
and A. Barker, Christopher
and Tormo-Micó, Alejandro
and Botella-Estrada, Rafael
and Perez-Calatayud, Jose",
pages="231--238",
doi="10.5114/jcb.2015.52140",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.52140"
}