In an elderly patient with limited transportation issues, is there a hypofractionated regimen you have found acceptable for a localized squamous cell carcinomas of the eyelid?
Assuming electrons, use of eye-shield, surface collimation, what dose would you use to balance control and toxicity?
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What is your go-to hypofractionated regimen for definitive management of SqCC in cosmetically sensitive areas?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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I am fortunate to work with a “XRT for skin cancer” guru, Dr. W.H. Morrison, and sought his counsel to answer this question, as largely with the conversion of skin cancers from a radiation-treatable disease to a surgical disease with the advances in Mohs surgery and oculoplastics, at MDA we rarely s...
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Radiation Oncology · UTMB
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Assuming curative intent, treatment 55 Gy in 20 fx should do the job.
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