Chemosurgery: microscopically controlled surgery for skin cancer--past, present and future.
The development of microscopically controlled surgery, the use of the fixed-tissue technique for advanced, complicated carcinomas and for malignant melanomas, the use of the fresh-tissue technique for less advanced carcinomas, the five-year results, and plans for the future of the method are discussed.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005404:Fixatives; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008853:Microscopy; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
D005404:Fixatives