title: [Skin cancer: from smearing to cutting].
abstract: The most common skin cancers are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Conventional excision is still the current treatment of choice for these malignant tumours. Given the many subtypes and high incidence, the treatment of these skin tumours is not only a matter of surgical procedures. There are many different therapeutic options, from smearing to cutting. Those treating patients with non-melanoma skin cancer should have knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of these many options. Radical surgical treatment is desired, but large margins are preferably avoided. Mohs micrographic surgery is a treatment option available for BCC and SCC in the face. Superficial BCC can be effectively treated with optimal cosmetic outcome in various, non-invasive ways.
authors.affiliation: MUMC; afd. Dermatologie, Maastricht, the Netherlands. n.kelleners.smeets@mumc.nl
authors.forename: Nicole W J
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Kelleners-Smeets
authors.forename: Marcel W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Bekkenk
authors.forename: Ellen R M
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Haas
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents