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When would you offer adjuvant chemotherapy after axillary dissection and RT for an isolated squamous cell carcinoma of an axillary node with unknown primary?

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Medical Oncology · The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

This is a conundrum that is rare but real. Here are my recommendations:

  1. Make sure an extensive medical history is taken about potential lesions that were frozen, excised, etc.
  2. Speak with your pathologist to make sure the SCC is not originating from a pilar tumor, or similar adnexal skin appendage t...

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