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What factors do you weigh most heavily in the selection of radiotherapy versus topical treatments for lentigo maligna in a patient who is not a surgical candidate?
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Dermatology · Emory University School of Medicine
The ability of a patient to travel to multiple sessions of radiotherapy would play a major role in making this decision. If the patient is frail and has someone who could reliably to topical therapy, it might make me lean towards topical therapy.
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Dermatology · Florida State University College of Medicine
I agree completely with Dr. @Dr. First Last that frailty is one of the most important criteria for selecting radiation for any type of skin cancer. In Europe, frailty is considered a medical condition. I also agree that the ability to have multiple treatments, and in the case of electron beam, to be...