When would you offer adjuvant chemotherapy after axillary dissection and RT for an isolated squamous cell carcinoma of an axillary node with unknown primary?
What factors into your decision making and what systemic therapy would you offer?
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What has been your management strategy after excisional biopsy of an isolated axillary node showing squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary?
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Medical Oncology · The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
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This is a conundrum that is rare but real. Here are my recommendations:
- Make sure an extensive medical history is taken about potential lesions that were frozen, excised, etc.
- Speak with your pathologist to make sure the SCC is not originating from a pilar tumor, or similar adnexal skin appendage t...
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