TABLE 3.
Dose fractionation and recurrence rate of brachytherapy for keloids.
| Case (keloids) | Total dose/Fraction | Interval (hour) | Recurrence rate | References | |
| HDR | 31 (42) | (15–20) Gy/(3–4) | 3 days; 4 days | 44.4% | (120) |
| 50 (71) | 15 Gy | 24 | 2% | (121) | |
| 14 (14) | 12 Gy/3 | 24 | 21% | (122) | |
| 13 (20) | 8 Gy/1 | 36 | – | (123) | |
| 43 (86) | 18 Gy/2 | – | – | (90) | |
| 54 (87) | 18 Gy/3 | 3 | – | ||
| 49 (65) | 12 Gy/2 | 3 | – | ||
| 29 (37) | 18 Gy/3 | 36 | 8.1% | (124) | |
| (39) | (8–12 Gy)/1 | 36 | 23% | (60) | |
| 24 (32) | 18 Gy/3 | 6 | – | (79) | |
| 28 (35) | 12 Gy/2 | 4 | 3.1% | (125) | |
| 39 (50) | (9–12) Gy/4 | 4–6 | 38% | (73) | |
| 21 (36) | 20 Gy/4 | 24 | 9.7% | (100) | |
| 35 (54) | 6 Gy/1; 8 Gy/2 | 6 | 3% | (126) | |
| 4 Gy/1; 6 Gy/2 | 6 | 44% | |||
| 18 Gy/3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 16 Gy/1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 12 (17) | 15 Gy/3 | 24 | – | (78) | |
| 147 (147) | 12 Gy/4 | 0.5–1 | 3.4% | (74) | |
| LDR | 31 (46) | (12–18) Gy/1 | 4–6 | 30.4% | (73) |