Re: Squamous Cell Cancer

[kayrs@peak.org (R. S. Kay)]

At 12:11 PM 5/15/95 -0500, USHINO, TOSH wrote:
>     RADSAFErs,
>     
>     Here is a question for you medical physics type from a Nuke Plant 
>     worker I couldn't answer:
>     
>     What type of of radiaion therapy is used for sub-surface squamous cell 
>     cancer.  Specifically, in the neck region.  The cancer was found in a 
>     small tumor (golf ball size) next to the carotid artery. 
>     
>     Can you help?
>     
 The best guess with the information supplied would be Electron Beam Therapy
or possibly an Orthovoltage x-ray, both with tight collimation to the
affected area.  The proximity to the carotid artery rules out most other
forms of therapy.

richard
kayrs@peak.org
Richard Kay, MSc, RT(R)

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