• What We Know About Keloids?

    • Keloids Mostly Affect Africans/African Americans and Asians
    • Keloids Appear in Various Shapes and Forms
    • Some Patients Suffer from Extensive and Bulky Keloids
    • Keloid Can Run in Families

  • How We Treat Keloids?

    • SURGERY
    • STEROID INJECTIONS
    • CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS
    • CRYOTHERAPY
    • RADIATION THERAPY

  • Radiation Therapy

    • Is Often Used as an Adjunct to Surgery
    • Is Typically Delivered soon after Surgery
    • Can Reduce the Chance of Recurrence of Keloid
    • Can also Cause Long Term Side Effects

  • Long Term Side Effects of Radiation Therapy Are:

    • Radiation Induced Cancers
    • Radiation Fibrosis and Hardening Tissues
    • Damage to Local and Regional Tissues and Organs

  • Purposes of Keloid Radiation Registry are:

    1- To Accurately Determine EFFICACY of Radiation Therapy
    • Rate of Response to Radiation Therapye
    • Durability of Response to Radiation
    • Rate of Recurrence After Radiation Therapy
    2- To Accurately Determine SAFETY of Radiation Therapy
    • Rate of Developing Secondary Cancers
    • Latency of Developing Cancer
    • Rate of Developing Deep Tissue Abscess
    • Rate of Developing Radiation Fibrosis
    • Rate of Developing Other Serious Complications

  • Who Can Participate in this Study?

    • You Have, or Had at least One Keloid
    • You Received Radiation Therapy for Your Keloid
    • You Sign the Informed Consent Form
    • You Are Able and Willing to Have Long Term Follow Up.