Unresectable cutaneous metastatic tumor in the arm that underwent complete remission after radiotherapy

Takahiro Oike; Akiko Adachi; Katsuyuki Shirai; Tatsuya Ohno

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3119

Unresectable cutaneous metastatic tumor in the arm that underwent complete remission after radiotherapy

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 14;8(12):3542-3544. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3119. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Takahiro Oike^{1

2

3}, Akiko Adachi^{1

2}, Katsuyuki Shirai^{1

4}, Tatsuya Ohno^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology Sano Kousei General Hospital Sano Japan.
² Department of Radiation Oncology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan.
³ Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center Maebashi Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke Japan.

Abstract

Cutaneous metastasis of solid malignancies can cause severe disfigurement, which reduces quality of life (QOL). This case indicates potential utility of photon radiotherapy for this disease, leading to recovery of QOL.

Keywords: cutaneous metastasis; oncology; palliation; quality of life; radiotherapy; skin metastasis.