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Table 2 Applicator Sizes and Corresponding Lesion Size Range

From: The initial experience of electronic brachytherapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer

Applicator

Size

Lesion

Size Range

Number

of Lesions

Percent Of

Total Lesions

10 mm

< 1 cm

13

29.5%

20 mm

1 cm

2

4.5%

 

> 1 cm and ≤ 2 cm

9

20.5%

35 mm1

≤ 1 cm

6

13.6%

 

> 1 cm and ≤ 2 cm

12

27.3%

 

> 2 cm and ≤ 3 cm

1

2.3%

50 mm

5 cm

1

2.3%

  1. mm = millimetre; cm = centimetre
  2. 1Cut-out shielding was used with the 35 mm applicator to treat 6 lesions ≤ 1 cm and 7 lesions > 1 cm and ≤ 2 cm.