Clinical Observation or Further Excision: A Retrospective Review of Margin-positive Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas

Background:. Patients determined to have margin-positive nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) after initial shave or punch biopsy performed by a primary care physician or dermatologist are commonly referred to extirpative surgeons for definitive removal. Not infrequently, the residual tumor is not appreci...

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Main Authors: Bailey Alkhatib, MD, Alexandria Waler, MD, Madelyn Welch, MD, Jack McCarthy, MD, Arthur Nam, MD, Harold I. Friedman, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2023-12-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005473