Navigating Radiation, Systemic Therapy, and Multidisciplinary Care in Skin Cancer: With Hirsch Matani, MD; Elizabeth Zhang-Velten, MD, PhD; and Binh T. Ngo, MD

In this episode of Precision and Progress: Radiotherapy in Oncology, hosts Hirsch Matani, MD, and Elizabeth Zhang-Velten, MD, PhD, welcomed Binh T. Ngo, MD, to discuss the evolving role of radiation, systemic therapy, and multidisciplinary care for patients with melanoma and other skin cancers.

Dr Matani is a clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and a radiation oncologist at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr Zhang-Velten is a radiation oncologist and a clinical assistant professor with Keck Medicine of USC. Dr Ngo is an assistant professor of dermatology at Keck Medicine of USC.

In their discussion, Drs Matani, Zhang-Velten, and Ngo broke down how surgical approaches, radiation, and systemic therapy all play roles in the treatment of patients with skin cancer. Dr Ngo highlighted key prevention strategies that patients should be advised on, along with recommended follow-ups for patients who are at higher risk or those who underwent prior solid organ or hematologic transplants.

The trio also discussed how the use of radiation for patients with skin cancer varies from techniques used for patients with tumors located within deeper organs, and they also highlighted how radiotherapy approaches could be applied for patients with tumors that would be difficult to surgically resect.