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Radiation Oncology • Melanoma/Skin Cancer
Do you treat the surrounding erythema for cutaneous squamous or basal cell carcinoma?
Is the surrounding erythema as part of the GTV so that the margin is placed around the erythema rather than around the gross lesion only?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Target delineation for cutaneous carcinomas often relies on physical examination, rather than imaging. Appreciation of the subtle signs of skin cancers is therefore important.
Dermatologic surgical guidelines suggest using erythema around cutaneous SCCs as a part of the gross disease. F...
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