Margins Of Excision

For patients with Bowen’s disease, 5-fluorouracil was shown to be noninferior to surgical excision and resulted in better cosmetic outcomes, according to a study.

In the treatment of melanoma that is close to critical structures, narrow excision saw similar rates of mortality and recurrence compared with wide excision, but fewer rates of reconstructive surgery, according to a study.

Melanomas of the head and neck treated with Mohs micrographic surgery had a significantly higher overall survival at 5 years after melanoma diagnosis than those treated with wide local excision, according to 2004 to 2015 data from the National Cancer Database.