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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?

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Radiation Oncology · UTMB

Assuming curative intent, treatment 55 Gy in 20 fx should do the job.

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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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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