Dermatology

Palliation

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How do you avoid epilation in patients hoping to preserve their facial hair during radiotherapy?

Groomed facial hair is an increasingly common style for men. Accordingly, there are patients who require treatment of the head and neck who become ups...

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Would you offer palliative radiation for painful bone metastases in a patient with scleroderma?

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Is there an age cut off below you would not treat a keloid with radiation post surgical excision?

Assuming it has previously been treated with excision and steroid injections? Is it reasonable to treat a bothersome keloid in a pediatric patient aft...

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How do you approach breast conserving therapy in a woman who has formed bothersome keloids after prior surgeries?

Is there any alteration in approach from the medical, surgical, or radiation oncology perspective that can mitigate the risk of forming keloids withou...

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