TY  - JOUR
T1  - CAncer of the nail bed
AU  - Ashbell T
Y1  - 1979/05/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03290440017018
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1893
EP  - 1893
VL  - 241
IS  - 18
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    For Inlow (241:239, 1979) to suggest on the basis of a series of only two cases that squamous cell carcinoma of the nail bed is best treated by x-ray therapy, rather than amputation, is unacceptable. The series of 20 cases reported by Attiyeh et al (241:262, 1979) indicates that radiation was a "substantive predisposing factor" to subungual squamous cell carcinoma. Of three cases of invasive subungual carcinoma in my practice that required amputation during the past five years, two had recurred three and seven years after previous radiation therapy.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290440017018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290440017018
ER  -