Recurrence rate of positive margin basal cell carcinoma: results of a five-year prospective study.
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, wer found a recurrence rate of 41% and 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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors