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How do you approach palliative treatment of a metastasis to the skull with involvement of the overlying skin?

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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

I'm assuming as the question is asking about the role of SRS/FSRT that this is a single or focal skull/bone metastasis involving the skin. Generally if there is tumor involving the skin, whether this is the skull or not, I'd favor a fractionated approach. I would be a bit uncomfortable with SRS as I...

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