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Head and Neck Cancers
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Radiation Oncology
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Melanoma/Skin Cancer
Is postoperative radiotherapy indicated for a primary parotid gland melanoma?
Would there be any indication for postoperative RT if cervical lymph nodes are negative?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Yes. I suspect that it would be a nodal met from an unknown primary. Surgery and postop RT.
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