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

Practically, I find the following tool from Aukland very helpful.They mapped melanoma  lymphoscintigraphy data onto an interactive tool that allows you to select different locations and estimate the nodal drainage.      https://sites.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/hrey004/head/ https:/...

ASTRO clinical practice guideline on definitive and postoperative RT for BCC and SCC of the skin will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Chicago (September 16, 4:15-5:30, Room W183, SA-CME session). It covers management of draining lymphatics. Executive summary and full guidelines publication wil...

I don't think I can provide any better information than what have already been posted. The mapping tools from University of Auckland that Dr. Walker has kindly posted as useful links are just awesome! We'll also await the ASTRO practice guideline mentioned by Dr. Likhacheva earnestly. And thanks to ...

I would electively treat the regional nodes if the risk is 10-15% or higher. Obtain a pretreatment CT to make sure that there are no clinically positive nodes. Obtain PET if Merkel cell carcinoma or melanoma.