Cryotherapy of basal-cell carcinoma by a simple method of standardized freeze-thaw cycles.
One hundred seventy-seven basal-cell carcinomas treated by cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen according to a standard protocol had a recurrence rate of 2.3% in a mean of 4.8 years of follow-up. The cryotherapeutic method used freeze-thaw times rather than temperatures measured by thermocouples as indices of adequacy of freeze.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*