MARJOLIN'S ULCER IN SCALP: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Marjolin's ulcer is a rare skin cancer that originates in areas of chronic wounds and scar tissues. It has more aggressive nature than other primary skin cancers. The exact mechanism of tumor development has not yet been identified. It could be seen on the skin of whole body surface. The most common histopathologic type of this malignancy is squamous cell carcinoma. It could develop in early and late period of time after trauma. Although surgery is still the main treatment, radiotherapy and chemotherapy could be other options in appropriate circumstances. In the present case report we described a patient who had lost her scalp in a work accident 25 years ago and developed skin cancer on scar tissue in late period, with a literature review

Factors affecting local control, distant recurrence and survival in patients with locally advanced bladder cancer treated by definitive radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

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Palliative radiotherapy for malign melanoma: a case report

Malignant melanoma is a skin cancer with poor prognosis. Historically melanoma has been thought of as a relatively radioresistant tumour. Nowadays, radiation delivered according to hypofractionated schedule is the most used, although there are few data confirm that this schedule improves the therapeutic impact. We report a case, with stage IV malignant melanoma, whose tumoral bleeding was palliated successfully giving 20 Gy external radiotherapy in 5 fractionations

Prevention of radiation-induced liver and kiney toxicity: a role for amifostine

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