title: A prospective study of Mohs' micrographic surgery in two English centres.
abstract: In this study we report the results of using Mohs' micrographic surgery (MMS) to treat 228 basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) in both a teaching and a district general hospital. The criteria for case selection and the 5-year recurrence rate of 3.8% are comparable with figures from the U.S.A. Our experience shows that high cure rates in difficult and, especially, recurrent tumours are obtainable using MMS in both a teaching and a district general hospital setting. Such treatment should be more widely available in the U.K. particularly as the incidence of BCCs is rising.
authors.affiliation: Cornwall Dermatology Unit, Treliske Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*