Do you utilize a constraint for skin/dermatitis in setting of thoracic chemoradiation?
When tumors come close to chest wall, how do you define skin contour?
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Radiation Oncology · West Virginia University
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No.
This acute toxicity is almost universally reversible in short course and should have essentially no bearing on the decision making when treating a potentially lethal lung cancer; also, I know of no data quantifying skin tolerance doses.
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