After wide local excision of a DecisionDx-SCC Class 2A cutaneous SCC of the posterior inferior scalp, would you irradiate nodal basins?
Would you consider using moderate hypofractionation?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas at Tyler
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Yes, if I were going to irradiate the operative bed. I do not know prospective data on the use of adjuvant radiotherapy for nodal basins only in squamous or basal cell skin cancers, Cf. Porceddu et al., PMID 25993217, where a minority (5%) of patients are at risk for relapse, typically locally or re...
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