title: Relapses and recurrences of basal cell face carcinomas.
abstract: To evaluate factors related to oncological follow-up of basal cell face carcinomas it was carried out the analysis of a series of cases. Four hundred sixty-five patients with 834 basal cell face carcinomas were evaluated; 3,1% presented recurrences. There was 14.7% of recurrence in incompletely excised tumors against 2.3% of the tumors with clear margins. Recurrences were more prevalent on the nose. Relapse rates showed a cumulative risk. These findings reinforce the importance of oncological follow-up after surgery of basal cell carcinoma.
authors: Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu from the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) – Botucatu (SP), Brazil.
authors: Juliana Polizel
authors: JP
authors: Ocanha
authors: Juliana Tedesco
authors: JT
authors: Dias
authors: Hélio Amante
authors: HA
authors: Miot
authors: Hamilton Ometto
authors: HO
authors: Stolf
authors: Mariângela Esther Alencar
authors: ME
authors: Marques
authors: Luciana Patricia Fernandes
authors: LP
authors: Abbade