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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Evaluation of the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers by surgical excision |
Author: | Pua, V. Huilgol, S. Hill, D. |
Citation: | Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2009; 50(3):171-175 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Asia |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0004-8380 1440-0960 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Vernon SC Pua, Shyamala Huilgol and Dudley Hill |
Abstract: | A retrospective study of all non-melanoma skin cancers excised by two dermatologists at a private practice in 2004 (excluding Mohs microscopic surgery cases) was conducted. Two hundred and forty-one patients were treated, with a total of 453 tumours excised. The overall incomplete excision rate was 2.2% (10/453). For basal cell cancers, the incomplete excision rate was 1.54% (5/324) and for squamous cell cancers including Bowen's disease the incomplete excision rate was 3.9% (5/129). The majority of repairs were primary closures (82.6%). Although a significant proportion of the tumours were from the head and neck region (45.9%), this study demonstrated that careful patient selection, experience of the surgeon and adherence to recommended excision margins can achieve a favourable incomplete excision rate. |
Keywords: | basal cell carcinoma Bowen's disease flaps incomplete excision rate Mohs micrographic surgery primary repair squamous cell carcinoma surgical margin |
Rights: | © 2009 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2010 The Australasian College of Dermatologists |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00531.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00531.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medicine publications |
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