Dermatology

Head and Neck Cancers

Questions discussed in this category

What criteria do you use to determine the resectability of mucosal melanoma of the H&N region?

Is T4 disease a contraindication?

Any role for adjuvant systemic therapy for resected sebaceous skin carcinoma?

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

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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What methods do you use to prophylactically reduce radiation dermatitis for head and neck irradiation?

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Is oral lichen planus a contraindication for immunotherapy in a patient with recurrent oral SCC?

There have been reports of pembrolizumab leading to lichen planus (my understanding is lichen planus pathophysiology unclear, but potentially autoimmu...

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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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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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