Chapter 15: Irradiated Skin and Its Postsurgical Management.

Chapter 15 of the book "Essential Tissue Healing of the Face and Neck" is presented. It offers information on irradiated skin including its postsurgical management. The modalities designed for skin radiation are explained including external beam, interstitial brachytherapy and intracavitary brachytherapy. The chapter also describes the relationship between radiation dose and tumor control, and the radiobiologic basis of fractionation.