Nonmelanoma skin cancer of the head and neck: surgical treatment.
This article focuses on the surgical treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. The risk factors of nonmelanoma skin cancers for recurrence and metastases that are important for choosing the best treatment option are summarized. Surgical treatment options including surgical excision with standard margins, frozen section, staged surgery, and Mohs micrographic surgery are described. Indications, techniques, outcomes, and advantages and disadvantages of each approach are reviewed. Finally, management of incomplete excisions is discussed.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, General Tevfik Saglam Caddesi, Ankara 06018, Turkey. takcam@gata.edu.tr
Timur M
TM
Akcam
Wolfgang
W
Gubisch
Halis
H
Unlu
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015580:Mohs Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*