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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov 28;16(1):223–229. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2016.10.006

Table 4.

Recommendations for dose and fractionation for various clinical scenarios. Header designation refers to horizontal size of skin cancer and its location. Answers are shortened to Gy/number of fractions and schedule. Asterisk marks those practitioners who reported having treated at least 100 cases in their career.

Respondent 0.5 cm nose 2 cm nose 2 cm neck 5 cm neck 2 cm pretibia 5 cm pretibia 1 cm periorbital 2 cm helix
1* 30/5
twice a week
36/6
twice a week
51/17
daily
51/17
daily
51/17
daily
60/30
daily
51/17
daily
36/6
twice a week
2* 40/8
twice a week
55/15
daily
55/15
daily
55/15
daily
60/20
daily
60/20
daily
45/10
daily
45/10
daily
3 42/7
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
42/7
twice a week
40/10
twice a week
40/10
twice a week
40/10
twice a week
42/7
twice a week
42/7
twice a week
4* 40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
36/8
twice a week
36/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
5 42/7
every other day
42/7
every other day
42/7
every other day
Conventional
EBRT
Conventional
EBRT
Conventional
EBRT
42/7
vevery other day
Conventional
EBRT
6 42/6
every other day
42/7
every other day
42/7
every other day
40/10
every other day
40/10
twice a week
40/10
twice a week
42/7
every other day
42/7
every other day
7 40/8
twice a week
45/10
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
60/30
daily
45/10
twice a week
60/30
daily
45/10
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
8* 40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
9* 42/6
twice a week
35/10
twice a week
35/10
twice a week
45/10
twice a week
35/10
twice a week
45/10
twice a week
42/6
twice a week
35/10
twice a week
10* 42/6
every other day
42/6
every other day
42/6
every other day
40/8
every other day
39/6
every other day
40/10
every other day
39/6
every other day
39/6
every other day
11* 50/20
daily
51/17
4 times a week
51/17
4 times a week
51/17
4 times a week
50/20
daily
50/20
daily
50/20
daily
50/20
daily
12 42/6
every other day
48/12
every other day
48/12
every other day
64/32
daily
48/12
every other day
64/32
daily
48/12
every other day
48/12
every other day
13 40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
48/16
4 times a week
48/16
4 times a week
48/16
4 times a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
14 40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
44/10
every other day
45/15
daily
45/15
daily
45/15
daily
45/15
daily
15* 39/6
every other day
44/8
twice a week
39/6
every other day
44/8
every other day
45/10
twice a week
40/10
twice a week
39/6
every other day
45/10
twice a week
16 40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
40/8
twice a week
44/10
twice a week
36/12
daily
44/10
twice a week
44/10
twice a week