Presented by Dr. Michael Webster Melbourne, Australia Hot Spots in Dermatology August 17, 2018 What’s new? VMAT for treating large areas (whole arm,leg) for actinic keratoses/NMSC A treatment for Disseminated Actinic Porokeratosis ? VMAT Volumetric modulated arc therapy (Elektra) Delivers the radiotherapy treatment using a rotational or arc geometry rather than several static beams . Gantry motion,variable dose rate,movement of multileaf collimators Computerised planning using Ct scan allows treatment to be delivered to tumour with minimal exposure to adjacent tissues VMAT for skin Can be set to give radiation just to skin &  subcutaneous tissue circumferentially (with minimal exposure to deeper tissues) allowing treatment of a whole limb ,scalp,or head … Continue reading →