Table 3.
NATURE OF RADIOTHERAPY | CLINICAL INDICATIONS |
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THERAPY OF FIRST LINE | Lesions on the face; |
Superficial wide lesions; | |
Old patients; | |
Patients who cannot be treated surgically; | |
Cases in which surgery may lead to important functional damage (e.g. ectropion, paralysis of the facial). | |
ADJUVANT THERAPY | Positive/close margins after surgical excision of tumour; |
Patients with positive nodes; | |
Patients with perineural invasion. | |
PALLIATIVE TREATMENT | The Late stage of tumours, which could not be treated. |