Do you attempt to spare a strip of skin for palliative 8 Gy x 1 fraction radiation treatments?

Great question. Do I attempt to spare some measure of skin during treatment course requiring palliative EBRT at 800cGy x1? Answer: NO.

Generally, in my experience over the past few years with using single fractions palliatively, skin sparing is just not an issue, for the most part. Further, as I rec...