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Recurrence rate of positive margin basal cell carcinoma: Results of a five‐year prospective study
Author(s) -
De Silva Stephen P.,
Lee Dellon A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930280117
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell carcinoma , prospective cohort study , margin (machine learning) , carcinoma , basal cell , basal (medicine) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pathology , machine learning , computer science , insulin
The few previous studies on recurrence of incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma are retrospective, and the reported recurrence rate ranges from 19% to 67%. In a prospective study design, we found a recurrence rate of 41% in 34 surgically excised positive‐margin basal cell carcinomas. The mean time until tumor recurrence was 24.6 months. The mean follow‐up time in those patients remaining free of tumor was 61.4 months.