Radiation induced Malignancies: Fact or Fiction?
Radiation induced malignancies are considered a risk of radiation treatment. How much of this is fact and how much is fiction? While this is an accepted fact, the real risk of skin cancer induced by...
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Acceptance of Residual Melanoma-In-Situ: Avoiding Cosmetic and Functional...
Acceptance of residual melanoma-in-situ (lentigo maligna) after an excision can avoid cosmetic and functional deformation. Is the residual risk of recurrence and transformation into invasive melanoma...
View ArticleExtensive Scalp SCCa in Elderly
Radiation of a large scalp carcinoma poses an inherent risk of failure due to the large surface area and the progressive devascularization of the center of the treatment area. Radiation strips the...
View ArticleCapecitabine Role in Skin Cancer Management
by Nabil Phillips, MD and Simon Madorsky, MD Capecitabine, an oral chemotherapeutic drug, is a prodrug of 5-FU (fluorouracil) – the most widely used topical chemotherapeutic agent for basal and...
View ArticleIs there a Role for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Cutaneous Squamous Cell...
Sentinel lymph nodes are defined as the first lymph nodes that receive metastases from a primary tumor. The concept of a first echelon node was first described by Seaman and Powers and later given the...
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Electronic Brachytherapy for Skin Cancer – a Viable Economic Model?
Superficial Radiotherapy (SRT) for skin cancers is an office based treatment that has become increasingly popular with patients and clinicians. However, it has not been widely adopted by office based...
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FDA Approval Process and Red Light Photodynamic Therapy
We at Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery Center wanted to upgrade our Photodynamic Therapy treatment of AK’s and superficial BCC by switching from the Blu-U light to a red light source. Red light...
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