Table 4.

Recurrence rates of consecutive excised keloids on various body sites after irradiation with our body site-customised radiotherapy protocol in 2003–2007.

Keloid site	Radiotherapy protocol	No. keloids	No. recurring (%)
Earlobe	10 Gy/2 fr/2 days	101	7 (6.9)
Auricle excluding earlobe	15 Gy/3 fr/3 days	14	3 (21.4)
High-recurrence areas	20 Gy/4 fr/4 days	131	17 (13.0)
Anterior chest wall		59	8 (13.6)
Scapular region		44	5 (11.4)
Suprapubic region		28	4 (14.3)
Others	15 Gy/3 fr/3 days	71	12 (16.9)
Total		317	39 (12.3)

fr, fractions; Gy, Gray.