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I Am Getting Really Ticked Off About Shin Radiation… What Will It Take to Stop It?

I Am Getting Really Ticked Off About Shin Radiation… What Will It Take to Stop It?

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 8, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness

What will it take to stop the madness of irradiating the shin of elderly people who have skin cancer? I have posted cases like this before and some of you have sent me others. This man had radiation for skin cancer a few years ago. The non-healing wound that the...
Another New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”

Another New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness

For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
A New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”

A New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation”

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 18, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness

For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...

Help Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 28, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness

If you have shin radiation wound cases you have treated (successfully or not), use the form below to tell your story and I will post them. Do NOT send protected health information, and that means no initials or dates in the photos! At the very least we can make a...
Please Stop the Madness of Radiation to the Shin

Please Stop the Madness of Radiation to the Shin

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 20, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness

Please, if you are a patient with a bad skin cancer on the shin and have been recommended to have radiation instead of surgery, get a second opinion. The shin is very unforgiving when it comes to radiation. I posted a blog about this in 2017, but the cases keep coming...

Stop the Brachytherapy Madness

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 2, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Shin Radiation Madness

Someone please stop the skin cancer radiation therapy madness! In exactly 12 months I have seen five cases of severe soft tissue radiation injury to the anterior shin from local radiation for skin cancer. I have been able to really help 3 of these patients, using...
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