How would you treat a melanoma of the penile skin in a medically inoperable patient?
If radiation, what dose/fractionation and technique?
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Radiation Oncology · Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC
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As above, IO is probably preferred.
That being said, I’ve had surprising responses when I thought I was treating palliatively. Although as a group thought to be radiosensitive, it is heterogeneous.
I once had a CR with 30/10 in a quite ugly mass (for some reason he got biopsied and no tumor remained...
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Medical Oncology · University of Virginia
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Systemic IO would be a preferred option for unresectable melanoma.
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