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Wax-paraffin (50:50) devices were custom-designed for radiotherapy treatment, confirming adequate homogeneity and conformity indices for doses of 55\u201366 Gy, and chemotherapy when necessary. Toxicity and treatment response were also assessed; Cases Presentation: For patient 1, two lesions located on the right nasolabial fold and right thigh were treated with radiation, and a 1 cm thick wax-paraffin surface bolus was designed, allowing for improved dose distribution and favorable local response. For patient 2, in addition to the thick wax-paraffin homogenizer, lead eye protectors were designed due to the location of the tumor, with the aim of protecting organs at risk. The treatment in this patient resulted in effective local response. Finally, for patient 3, with a lesion in the supraclavicular region extending to the left shoulder due to acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma with secondary carcinomatous lymphangitis, 1 cm thick wax-paraffin surface homogenizers were used; Conclusions: Due to the characteristics of the customized homogenizers, tumor lesion remission was successfully achieved in all three patients, highlighting both the advantages of these devices and their efficacy in dose distribution and local response in radiotherapy treatment of non-melanoma skin carcinoma.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports8030165","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,1]],"date-time":"2025-09-01T08:28:15Z","timestamp":1756715295000},"page":"165","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Implementation of Customized Homogenizing Devices in Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: Three Case Reports"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Rosa Marene","family":"Hern\u00e1ndez Mart\u00ednez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Pr\u00f3tesis Maxilofacial, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Servicios de Salud del Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social Para el Bienestar (IMSS-BIENESTAR), Carretera Federal M\u00e9xico-Puebla Km 34.5, Ixtapaluca 56530, CP, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juan Carlos","family":"Torres Velasco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital de Especialidades con Oncolog\u00eda de G\u00f3mez Palacio, De Las Violetas 1152, Rinconadas Bugambilias, G\u00f3mez Palacio 35010, CP, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alejandro","family":"Chagoya Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Radioncolog\u00eda, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Servicios de Salud del Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social Para el Bienestar (IMSS-BIENESTAR), Carretera Federal M\u00e9xico-Puebla Km 34.5, Ixtapaluca 56530, CP, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1277-7170","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos Alberto","family":"Castro-Fuentes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidad de Investigaci\u00f3n, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Servicios de Salud del Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social Para el Bienestar (IMSS-BIENESTAR), Carretera Federal M\u00e9xico-Puebla Km 34.5, Ixtapaluca 56530, CP, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kuautzin","family":"Alfonso Hern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Radioncolog\u00eda, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca, Servicios de Salud del Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social Para el Bienestar (IMSS-BIENESTAR), Carretera Federal M\u00e9xico-Puebla Km 34.5, Ixtapaluca 56530, CP, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (2025, January 06). 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