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What dose-fractionation would you use for a recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the right ear concha close to the tympanic membrane status-post multiple Mohs surgeries with close/positive margins?

Further resection is not recommended, as the surgeon is worried about damaging hearing with additional surgery.
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Radiation Oncology · University of Iowa
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I would get a second surgical opinion. Any dose/fractionation scheme given with curative intent will cause terrible wet desquamation and likely complete hearing loss. This patient needs a curative-intent surgery by a base of skull surgeon who will get adequate margins around this and the patient wil...

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Radiation Oncology · VA New Jersey Healthcare System - East Orange campus.
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I agree with Dr. Anderson in this regard, and consider other variables before I would consider radiotherapy's role here.

Too start with as Dr. Anderson pointed out the patient will probably lose hearing on the ipsi-lateral side and this, too, will require correction later, just as more surgical inter...

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