Radiotherapy for early non-melanoma skin cancer

Benjamin Chua; James E Jackson; Charles Lin; Michael J Veness

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.09.018

Radiotherapy for early non-melanoma skin cancer

Oral Oncol. 2019 Nov:98:96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.09.018. Epub 2019 Sep 28.

Authors

Benjamin Chua¹, James E Jackson², Charles Lin³, Michael J Veness⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² ICON Cancer Centre, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia; Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
³ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31574416
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.09.018

Abstract

This article reviews the important role of radiotherapy in the management of early non-melanoma skin cancer, in the definitive and adjuvant settings. Therapeutic considerations and appropriate patient selection will be discussed, as well as evidence for efficacy and potential side-effects. Additionally, we present some recent advances which may improve accessibility and quality of radiotherapy, such as more convenient dose-fractionation, wide-field treatments, electronic brachytherapy and 3D printed bolus.

Keywords: Brachytherapy; Radiotherapy; Skin cancer.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy
Disease Management
Dose Fractionation, Radiation
Humans
Neoplasm Staging
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Treatment Outcome