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Radiation therapies are underused
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Currently primary radiotherapy is being
underutilized; less than 2% of skin cancer patients in
the USA and 1-8% in Europe
•
When multidisciplinary teams include radiation
oncologists in addition to dermatologists in the
treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC)
patients, radiotherapy is recommended in
approximately 20% of cases
Bath-Hextall FJ1, Perkins W, Bong J, Williams HC.
Interventions for basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007; Jan24:(1):CD003412.