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How Soon After Surgery for a Squamous Cell Cancer on the Scalp Should Radiation Be Started?

Martin S.Sep 26, 2013
Mohs showed clear margins and sentinel node biopsy was negative. Squamous was a spindle cell and wound was closed with a skin graft.

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Sonia Badreshia-Bansal, MD

Surgical Excision. There may be additional recommendations of radiation or other chemotherapy too, depending on the exact diagnosis. These are best reviewed with your surgeon. I hope this helps.

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Sonia Badreshia-Bansal, MD

Thank you for your question. Either a Mohs Micrographic Surgeon or a Plastic Surgeon is the correct choice to handle this. The difference is that the Mohs surgeon is able to check the margins while you are still in the office and prior to closure of the defect, while a plastic surgeon will have...

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Richard J. Brown, MD

It depends on what you have done and how big the area is so this is a very personal decision based on your surgeon's recommendations. 

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