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Skin XRT – general indications

A. Benign disorders

Role diminished Efficacious alternative treatments Risk of exposing patients to ionizing radiation

Keloids and cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia (cutaneous pseudolymphoma)

B. In situ cutaneous malignancies

SCC in situ (Bowens disease) Lentigo maligna

C. Invasive carcinomas, sarcomas and lymphomas

Definitive XRT Adjuvant / postoperative XRT Palliative (local advanced tumours and metastases)