What is your preferred radiation therapy technique for treating resected neurotropic squamous cell carcinoma of the facial skin situated near the infraorbital foramen?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
We have no problems using electrons when targeting tissues <2 cm deep. We use internal tungsten eye shields with an aluminum backscatter cap which reduce transmission to <5% with electron beam energies up to 9 MeV. Shiu et al., PMID 8655385. Depending on the calibration of the machin...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
If the eyelid is part of the target, I typically use electrons with internal eye shielding.
If the eyelid is not part of the target, I typically use either intensity modulated photon or proton therapy.
Consideration also should be given to whether the infraorbital nerve is part of the targ...
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Radiation Oncologist at University of Florida Electrons are problematic because they are too sup...