Management of Inadequately Excised Epidermoid Carcinoma
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 108 (1) , 50-51
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1974.01350250042011
Abstract
Fifteen squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, termed inadequately excised by the pathologist, were aggravated by lack of patient cooperation or availability. If there was no prophylactic treatment, a recurrence rate of about 50% and an ultimate patient mortality of about 25% from uncontrolled cancer was observed. Prophylactic retreatment with reexcision or radiotherapy before the appearance of clinical recurrence in 24 patients significantly reduced these failures.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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