How would you approach adjuvant radiation therapy in a patient with recurrent skin SCC of the gluteus s/p multiple resections with positive margins and adjacent osteomyelitis to the ischium and pubic ramus?
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Radiation Oncology · West Virginia University
In this scenario, wherein a patient with recurrent cutaneous SCC has active osteomyelitis (assuming this is being treated), it would be prudent to avoid the involved bone as an OAR. I would not include the infected bone (I'd review the best imaging with radiology to ensure there's no involvement by ...