title: Radiation therapy for nonmelanoma skin carcinomas.
abstract: Radiotherapy plays an important role in the management of appropriately selected skin carcinomas. Tumors of the eyelid, nose, and ear can be treated successfully with preservation of adjacent normal tissues. Tumors located in the embryologic fusion planes of the face can be irradiated with wide margins, either as primary or postoperative therapy. Radiotherapy has a significant role in the postoperative setting for patients with high-risk features in their pathologic specimens. Patients with NECS (Merkel cell carcinoma) have a high recurrence rate after surgical excision; these patients should undergo radiotherapy after resection of the clinically evident disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Garden
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ang
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome