Radiation Oncology

Non-melanoma skin cancer   

Questions discussed in this category


I have seen some patients who may undergo large complex closures (sometimes as a separate procedure) for smaller lesions with resulting scars that sig...

Majority of patients on the seminal trial (Gross et al., PMID 36094839) had tumors isolated to head & neck, what was the rationale for this?

Do you base your decision on extent of residual disease?  Does the use of (neo)adjuvant immunotherapy have an impact on surgical site size or he...

The lesion is still ulcerative despite wound care for two months. Would you treat immediately or wait for healing? Would hyperbaric oxygen to heal ful...

Would you be comfortable with 55Gy in 20 fractions around the optic nerves and brainstem, or would you treat with a more protracted fractionation? Do ...


Papers discussed in this category


N Engl J Med, 2022 Sep 12

Front Oncol, 2023 Jan 04

Br J Dermatol, 2015 Aug 08

Lancet Oncol, 2008 Jul 09

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2020 Apr 11

J. Clin. Oncol., 2018 Mar 14