Dermatology

Head and Neck Cancers

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Would you take any precautions of plan radiation therapy differently for a patient with head and neck cancer who has active Bullous Pemphigoid in the mucosal area that will be radiated?

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Are there guidlines for elective coverage of nodal basins in head and neck for skin cancer removed in the area?

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When does perineural invasion for a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the head and neck merit adjuvant radiotherapy?

Following Mohs surgery and in the absence of other high risk features, do you offer RT for any PNI? A single nerve < 0.1 mm? A single ne...

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For a patient treated with Mohs surgery for a high risk skin cancer of the head/neck, do you post-operatively treat all scars (including those created due to subsequent closure) to full dose?

I have seen some patients who may undergo large complex closures (sometimes as a separate procedure) for smaller lesions with resulting scars that sig...

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Do you treat fully resected squamous cell carcinoma of the ear with cartilage invasion with adjuvant radiation?

If so, what is your treatment volume?

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What is the value of resection in high risk (but small or early stage) skin cancers at the medial canthus?

Is modern surgical/reconstruction treatment superior to radiation therapy? If contact brachytherapy or superficial (orthovoltage) therapy isnt possib...

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Head and Neck Cancers

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