back to overviewRadiation therapy for synchronous basal cell carcinoma and lentigo maligna of the nose: Response assessment by clinical examination and reflectance confocal microscopy.
Hibler BP, Connolly KL, Cordova M, Nehal KS, Rossi AM, Barker CA, Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 Sep-Oct;5(5):e543-7. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2015.03.006.
Radiation therapy (RT) is a noninvasive treatment for a variety of skin cancers. Although surgery is often preferred for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and lentigo maligna (LM), these conditions often affect patients that are medically inoperable, who decline surgery, or have lesions in challenging anatomic locations. Although nonsurgical treatments can be employed, close monitoring for disease recurrence and progression is of utmost importance. Typically, this is carried out by clinical examination, without adjunctive imaging.
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