Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mohs micrographic surgery was superior to wide local excision as measured by local recurrence rates in a cohort ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Positive margins are infrequent following standard excision, but when they do occur it is mostly in the upper ...

If you have stitches, check with your doctor about when you can do your normal activities. If you have a skin graft, avoid exercise that stretches the skin graft for at least 3 weeks after surgery, ...

Purpose It has been hypothesized that wide excision alone with margins ≥ 1 cm may be adequate treatment for small, grade 1 or 2 ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). To test this hypothesis, we conducted a ...

Surgery is usually the main treatment for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma as well as most types of melanoma. Other times, surgery is used together with other treatment types.

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic mastectomy and endoscopic wide local excision for breast cancer. This involves removing part or all of the breast using special instruments inserted ...

Process and Content of Decision Making by Advanced Cancer Patients Entry criteria included DCIS of predominant grade 1 or 2 with a mammographic extent of ≤ 2.5 cm treated with wide excision with final ...