Radiation Therapy
Superficial Radiotherapy: Long Term Follow-Up of Highly Selected Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Skin Cancer Patients
Superficial radiotherapy (SRT) treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer has been reported to yield variable cure rates. When patients are highly selected, adequate margins of treatment are chosen, and hypofractionation is avoided, cure rates of SRT can approach that of Mohs surgery. SCARS Center’s research article on the subject was recently published in Journal of Dermatology…
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Managing Lentigo Maligna Melanoma
HISTORY A 56-year-old man presented with complaint of lifelong history of darkening, growing left lesion of the left cheek. Biopsy on 09/24/21 showed melanoma in-situ. Excision with 5-6mm margins and closure of left cheek melanoma performed on 12/2/21 showed positive margins at 3-4 o’clock margins. Woods lamp evaluation and re-excision performed on 1/7/22. DISCUSSION Lentigo…
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Multiple Cutaneous Carcinomas in Organ Transplant Recipients
HISTORY A 73-year-old kidney transplant recipient presented with multiple carcinomas including SCC, SCC in situ, and BCC of the face and scalp. DISCUSSION Organ transplant recipients can suffer from multiple cutaneous carcinomas. Some lesions can have a high risk of metastases, but most occur in multitudes in areas of extensive sun exposure. At SCARS Center,…
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Recurrent BCC of the External Ear After Radiation
HISTORY A 77-year-old man presents with 5-year history of infiltrative basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the left ear fossa triangularis and root of helix. The area was originally treated with four weeks of radiation in 2014, complicated by temporary ulceration and healing with adhesion. When the area developed crusting a couple of years later, the…
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Lethal Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Forearm in a Lung Transplant Recipient
HISTORY A 71-year-old lung transplant recipient presented with a recurrence of left dorsal forearm and wrist Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) after Mohs excision in 2016 performed elsewhere. The patient underwent Mohs excision with clear margins and additional deeper wide local resection with no carcinoma identified. Patient was referred for radiation oncology evaluation, but he was…
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Multiple Nasal Basal Cell Carcinomas
HISTORY 81-year-old man presents with 7-month history of two nasal tip and right nasal ala BCC’s. All three lesions were treated with 2 adjoining SRT fields. The course began 1-8-18 and completed by 1-26-18 after 15 treatments. DISCUSSION This patient represents an excellent candidate for radiation therapy. Electron beam radiation therapy can be used with…
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Large Thigh BCC Treated with Radiation
HISTORY 92-year-old man presents with 15-year history of basal cell carcinoma on left thigh. The 9.3 cm x 8.6 cm superficial plaque was treated with electron beam radiotherapy completing 6000 cGy in 30 fractions on 3-13-2018. DISCUSSION The 6-week course of radiation was tolerated well by this patient. He had minimum oozing from previous biopsy…
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Large BCC of Thigh
HISTORY 92-year-old man presents with 15 year history of basal cell carcinoma on left thigh. The cancer is now a 9.3 cm x 8.6 cm superficial plaque with a few ulcerations. Patient is being evaluated for treatment with superficial radiation therapy. DISCUSSION Large superficial basal cell carcinomas of the skin…
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EXTENSIVE NASAL TIP BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
HISTORY 71-year-old woman presents with a nasal tip lesion biopsied on 6/12/2017 showing basal cell carcinoma, superficial and micronodular type. There is a history of treatment with topical chemotherapy and Mohs excision of other sites. Patient is anxious about the possible extent of nasal carcinoma and the reconstruction required. DISCUSSION This case presents an excellent…
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Deeply Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Cheek
HISTORY: 82-year-old man with a 1 year history of squamous cell carcinoma on the right lower cheek biopsied on 4/28/2017. Radical resection of the right cheek carcinoma and deep facial lymph node biopsy was performed. Intraoperative Mohs margin evaluation confirmed clear margins. Final permanent histology margins were close but clear. Evidence of perineural invasion…
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