title: Radiation therapy for the treatment of skin cancers of the head and neck.
abstract: Nonmelanoma skin cancers can be cured with curettage and electrodesiccation, surgical excision, Mohs' surgery, or radiation therapy. For head and neck sites where excisional approaches may cause cosmetic deformities, radiation therapy offers high cure rates with good cosmesis.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: DeLaney
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000532:radiotherapy*