The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: When is imaging necessary?
When treating aggressive skin cancers, pre- and postoperative imaging provides important information for treatment planning and multidisciplinary cooperation of care. It is important for dermatologists to recognize the clinical scenarios where imaging is indicated in the management of skin cancer. We here address the most common indications for imaging in cutaneous oncology and how to best utilize the modalities available.
Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: trh102@hotmail.com.
Tatyana R
TR
Humphreys
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Komal
K
Shah
Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Ashley
A
Wysong
Radiology Leadership Institute of the American College of Radiology, Reston, Virginia; Department of Marketing, the Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Frank
F
Lexa
Department of Dermatology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Deborah
D
MacFarlane
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Merkel cell carcinoma; basal cell carcinoma; computed tomography; dermatofibrosarcoma; imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; perineural invasion; positron emission tomography; protuberans; radiology; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; ultrasound