Radiation therapy may be used to treat lip cancer on its own or after surgery. While many providers deliver this therapy using linear accelerators, X-ray therapy using smaller treatment devices is also available. X-ray therapy devices often provide greater ease-of-use and patient comfort, and significantly fewer start-up costs, while offering similar treatment outcomes to traditional linac-based radiotherapy. In this webcast, Dr. Yevgeniy Ishkinin from the Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology reviewed several lip cancer cases he has treated using X-ray therapy over the past three years.
Expanding Patient-Centric Treatment Options for NMSC with Radiation Therapy
Dermatologists are frequently leading the way in the diagnosis and management of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). While Mohs surgery is the standard of care in the treatment of NMSC, the final decision on treatment for the patient should be based on their health, age,...
