title: Assessment and surgical treatment of basal cell skin cancer.
abstract: The conspicuously high rate of BCC in the population mandates that clinicians have a clear understanding of the tumor's patterns of presentation and behavior. Goals of any form of treatment include establishment of the proper diagnosis and eradication of the lesion with a reasonable aesthetic result.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*