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What are the indications for adjuvant radiotherapy for basal cell carcinoma of the skin of the head and neck?

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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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I rarely give adjuvant radiotherapy for resected BCCs because there is little data demonstrating a benefit. For BCCs, with squamous features or nodal metastases, I generally manage as a cSCC. Some reasons to consider adjuvant RT to resected BCC primary tumor might be:

-T3/T4 primary (by AJCC 7)

-R2 ...

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