Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: To analyze the recurrence rate of the different histologic groups and subgroups after MMS. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We investigated 1,000 cases of epidermal tumors in a private center of MMS including BCC, squamous cell carcinoma and basosquamous carcinoma (BSC) treated by MMS from 1998 to 2007 in a retrospective study. The cases where analyzed regarding the histologic groups and subgroups. The mean follow-up time was 59.55 months. RESULTS: The recurrence rate of epidermal tumors in this study was about 2.5% and comparable to that in the literature. Interestingly we observed a relatively high incidence and recurrence rate of BSC compared to other studies. CONCLUSION: BSC seems to be highly aggressive and subject to recurrence even after MMS. The classical approach to stop further excision once the excision is total should be reevaluated.
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Authors | A M Skaria |
Journal | Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
(Dermatology)
Vol. 221
Issue 4
Pg. 352-5
( 2010)
ISSN: 1421-9832 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 20924160
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Carcinoma, Basosquamous
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Mohs Surgery
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Skin Neoplasms
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Treatment Outcome
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