How do you advise patients on the risk for permanent alopecia following RT to the scalp?

If you are treating the skin in a certain area to definitive dose with RT for a skin primary, the patient is almost certain to have a patch of alopecia in the area of treatment. Regarding dose constraints, one older study by Lawenda and colleagues looked at 26 patients treated for CNS primaries and ...

It’s usually not an issue because of age, hair loss, etc. Avoiding bone exposure and necrosis overshadows alopecia.