2001
DOI: 10.1007/s004110100103
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Radiotherapy of childhood haemangiomas: From active treatment to radiation risk estimates

Abstract: Childhood skin haemangiomas have been subjected to many different kinds of active treatment. From the beginning of the twentieth century and up to 1960-1970, radiotherapy maintained a dominating place in this treatment, although during the latter part of this period its role was more and more questioned. Starting in 1958, I felt that, based on the scientific literature and on my own observations at Malmö University Hospital, active therapy including radiotherapy should be abandoned since it had turned out to b… Show more

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“…Therefore the exposure to ultraviolet radiation is the most common cause of this type of cancer, but several other factors even promote the development of a SCC on the skin. 2,3,8,9 Ionizing radiation has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of squamous-cell carcinoma. In the 1940s and 1960s ionizing radiation was used to treat many cutaneous conditions, including acne, dermatitis and haemangioma.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Therefore the exposure to ultraviolet radiation is the most common cause of this type of cancer, but several other factors even promote the development of a SCC on the skin. 2,3,8,9 Ionizing radiation has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of squamous-cell carcinoma. In the 1940s and 1960s ionizing radiation was used to treat many cutaneous conditions, including acne, dermatitis and haemangioma.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 1940s and 1960s ionizing radiation was used to treat many cutaneous conditions, including acne, dermatitis and haemangioma. 8,9 The most patients treated with radiotherapy for such a benign tumour were children with a haemangioma in the head and neck. While these treatments generally were effective they resulted in enhanced cancer risks and the use of radiotherapy for benign disease has declined.…”
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“…In the past, Agervall and Kindblom described vascular anomaly as a benign vascular tumor: "broadly defined as a lesion with an increased number of newly formed blood vessels... It is present at birth or it could appear soon after" [2,3]. The most frequent type of vascular malformations is the stork bite (erythema nuchae) which presents in 40-50% of all newborns.…”
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“…Radiotherapy was one of the most common ways to treat vascular anomalies in Europe until the 1960s. In those days this approach to the vascular anomalies seemed to be harmless and generally accepted as a non-invasive treatment causing no scaring [2,6,7]. It was advocated to initiate the therapy as early as possible to stop the evolution of this lesion because it was believed that vascular anomalies in younger children is much sensitive to radiotherapy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%