Some critical areas in face, if treated by surgery, which is gold standard for removable skin cancers like basal cell cancer may result in scar formation.
Italian scientists have developed a paste of rhenium-188, a radioactive isotope to cure the skin cancers especially in face, where surgery can give rise to ugly scar.
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